will you guys now admit Wii U is not next gen?
- Thread starter Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha
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so who decides what date the new gen begins? when is the cut of period?
The cut off period is whenever the current gen console makers decide to release a new console. That's why Sega caught so much flack back in the day, they were trying to drop 32-X and Sega CD and all kinds of crazy shyt between gens.
NES and Master System was 1 gen. When each of them released a new console, that was the next gen (SNES and Genesis). And so on and so forth.
So last gen was 360, PS3 and Wii. Prior to that it was Dreamcast, PS2, Gamecube and Xbox. Prior to that it was Saturn, N64 and PS1.
Typically the "next gen" is an improvement over the last, but in terms of it actually being "the next gen", that has nothing to do with anything. If you look up "History of video game consoles" on Wikipedia, they just list the shyt I said. Whether or not one was better or worse than the last one isn't relevant.
EDIT:
For the sake of simplicity I left out shyt like Neo Geo, Turbo Grafx 16, etc. I also didn't go back farther Nintendo and Sega, because 1st and 2nd gen are irrelevant to the discussion.
Fred.
so the new gen is inferior to the old gen
if your son is inferior to you, he's still the "next generation"
Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha
Superstar
how u figure
im asking based on responses
Same as how 3DS is technically inferior to PSP, yet DS and PSP are the same generation, and 3DS and Vita are the same generation.
Its a time-based thing, not a specs-based thing
How can one company make two different consoles in one generation? How can an 8 year gap between those consoles NOT be two different generations?
Just say you think WiiU is wack and keep it moving please
Its a time-based thing, not a specs-based thing
How can one company make two different consoles in one generation? How can an 8 year gap between those consoles NOT be two different generations?
Just say you think WiiU is wack and keep it moving please
courtdog
Drinks Blood from a Boot
Where's the dikk pic?
First off, not until last gen did this EVER happen. You are then blindly saying "its next gen" even tho its known to be slightly more powerful than the gamecube (the wii)
Using your logic, Onya or whatever that shyt is called, when that drops
it'll be a next gen system.
Sega could come out with a system that is basically a Sega Genesis, and you'll be like
Next gen 
Nah bruh, you gotta use logic. Nintendo is on a money grab with this console
If you wanna be dumb enough to accept them half assing it? You call it that
I tried out Madden earlier today on the Wii-u. shyt was all pixelated. Jaggies every fukkin where. Other than those limitations, it looked similar to what I have on Xbox. You could see the plays on the pad.. then the players.
But its CLEARLY weaker than the current gen. Which makes it a current gen system. Its not the consumers fault that Nintendo waited this long to catch up?
But by this time next year, they will be back behind again. Hoping somebody will be suckered into buying there system again while they release an HD version of a game that been out for 10yrs already
This is a trend coming out of Japan, and its not a good look...
I still don't quite understand why someone who already has an Xbox, or a PS3 would buy the thing. I especially can't understand it if said person also already has a normal Wii.
No. That doesn't even make any sense.
32-X was an add-on for the Sega Genesis. Wii-U is an entirely new console. Also the 32-X was meant to prolong the life of the previous gen's console (Genesis), the Wii-U is meant to replace the previous gen (Wii).
Fred.
A generation is determined by release date not hardware specs. The Wii U was released like 6 years after the PS3 and Wii and is the successor to the Wii so how can it be in the same generation as the Wii? You clearly fail to understand what the word generation means.slower OS
slower machine overall
weak ports *first 'next gen' console to have inferior ports to previous gen*
weak online
limited demo's
small storage
NZA
LOL
generation is sequence of progeny, not "progress"
1960s kids have high test scores
21st century kids have low test scores
21st century kids are not next gen?
1960s kids have high test scores
21st century kids have low test scores
21st century kids are not next gen?
People have gotten to the point where they think the symptom is the disease itself. Usually when a new console generation comes around the hardware specs are typically far superior to the previous gen because of advances in technology. That however is not mandatory.
Ouya will be in the same console generation as the Wii U and the next Playstation and Xbox.
courtdog
Drinks Blood from a Boot
So that doesn't make sense, but it makes sense for you to call old technology next gen because of when they release it?No. That doesn't even make any sense.
32-X was an add-on for the Sega Genesis. Wii-U is an entirely new console. Also the 32-X was meant to prolong the life of the previous gen's console (Genesis), the Wii-U is meant to replace the previous gen (Wii).
Fred.
If thats the case, I got a next gen Amiga I wanna sell you
I don't think he does. See, tunnel vision means no vision bruh
I hear you, just quoted you. Here is my reply to that.
What nintendo is doing has never been done before. Yet your using the normal way of how things are done and applying it to what nintendo is DOING
See, if they rereleased the N64, according to your logic, its a next gen system at this point
Oh wait, it wouldn't be a new system because it would be a rerelease?
Ok, then instead of calling it the N64, I'll call it the Wii-2 and I'll add a new controller so Hex and Winb can be satisfied
If the innards was something new, of course. And if they are repackaging the same old tech they already sold you with a minor upgrade? Its not NEXT gen. What type of backwards moving foward bullshyt is this? Just cuz a guy in a shiny suit tells you its next gen doesn't mean you can't use your own brain to see that its not.
No. That doesn't even make any sense.
32-X was an add-on for the Sega Genesis. Wii-U is an entirely new console. Also the 32-X was meant to prolong the life of the previous gen's console (Genesis), the Wii-U is meant to replace the previous gen (Wii).
Fred.
I meant in terms of a flop? not the actual system itself being an add on or a stand alone. but I understand why you answered that way