Is the Switch 8th Generation
Posted: March 22nd, 2017, 12:04 pm
I assumed the Switch is still 8th generation. If you go to wikipedia, the WiiU is clearly labeled 8th generation, as is the 3DS. The WiiU has no listed successor.
Yet if you go to the page for either the 8th generation or the Switch, its not mentioned. On the Switch page, there should be 'generation' after 'type'. Instead, type is listed as hybrid, and no generation is mentioned. Clicking on hybrid video console brings you to the page for video game consoles, where the Switch is mentioned under 8th generation, but not mentioned as belonging.
Is there any controversy or discussion here? Had I been asked, I would have said it was part of the 8th generation without hesitation. It plays 8th generation console games like Zelda and Mario Kart, and portables are part of the generations anyway. What is the argument its not?
Its not part of Videogameconsolelibrary yet, so who gets to decide - or is wikipedia somehow considered definitive? What do you think - Is the Switch 8th gen?
Yet if you go to the page for either the 8th generation or the Switch, its not mentioned. On the Switch page, there should be 'generation' after 'type'. Instead, type is listed as hybrid, and no generation is mentioned. Clicking on hybrid video console brings you to the page for video game consoles, where the Switch is mentioned under 8th generation, but not mentioned as belonging.
Is there any controversy or discussion here? Had I been asked, I would have said it was part of the 8th generation without hesitation. It plays 8th generation console games like Zelda and Mario Kart, and portables are part of the generations anyway. What is the argument its not?
Its not part of Videogameconsolelibrary yet, so who gets to decide - or is wikipedia somehow considered definitive? What do you think - Is the Switch 8th gen?