Now that Generation 9 has begun, do we call Gen 8 a wrap?

I'm actually surprised there hasn't been any topic in System Wars about this. I was wondering how the System Warriors feel about the Generation 8 War? Is it over, or does it continue?

Gen 8 isn't done yet. Get out of here with that "gen 9 has begun" stuff.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/126518986?t=02h57m20s

lol, we're still in gen 8 bro. I don't consider the Switch a gen 9, it's its own gen.

I don't think generations are a clear cut thing anymore. I think we are going to have to give up the numbered generations thing or not include Nintendo or think of Nintendo as having multiple consoles in gen 8. It's all just made up terms that mean nothing anyway.

Not sure. Microsoft doesn't do generations anymore, so they will be stuck in generation 8 forever, which is luckily a good thing.

With the generation 8 leading Playstation 4 smashing the competition, Sony Interactive Entertainment will decide when we enter the next gen of gaming.

Nope, gen 8 is still going strong and until the 3rd party developers stop making games for PS4/X1 it will continue to go on.

Generations as we knew them are gone I think.

Gen 9 looks like gen 7. Why would it wrap anything?

What does it mean to consider the previous generation wrapped up?

What? Is PS5 out?

Wait, Nintendo had a console after the Wii? I thought that was what the Switch was trying to be a sequel to.

All I remember is that little expansion periphery called the wii u that was essentially just a new touch screen controller.

Like, declaring the winner and doing a postmortem on what went right and what went wrong. All that System Warsy stuff.

Not until ps5 and Xbox 3 come out.

@mark1974: This. Agreed 99.8%

This generation talk is bs when the previous insoles are still in use and getting games. Not to mention the mid gen spec bumps (pro/scorpio)

Ah I see. System Wars business.

I'd say it's over for Sony and Nintendo - MS is debatable. A console release is a console release though. Usually a generation's end is marked by a more powerful system to replace the previous one (also debatable in the case of Nintendo, heh).

We are still in gen 8.

Nintendo released 2 consoles this gen.

Sony decides when next gen starts.

Nope,nice try

Doesn't it just overlap? Xb1 and ps4 remain gen8 while switch is gen9. Or are yall just gonna throw some psuedo mindfuck bullshit at me why that cant be and your favorite system is da best!!

We're 2/3 in into gen 8 bro.

gen 8 is over

I threw out all my old gen 8 consoles, glad that's over with !

Eh, just because the Wii U was a massive failure (console units sold), doesn't mean the launch of the Switch starts gen 9. Especially when the Xbox One and PS4 are still being fully supported.

Whatever benefits the Cow's 2nd place victory.

No just no. Gen 8 still has quiet a few years left before an actual move forward.

who cares about the numbers

it's "last gen" and "next gen"

that's it

8th generation is still half away in, and so far it has been amazing.

That's what I'm trying to figure out lol!

For reference sake, the PS3 still had all kinds of games coming out in 2013 and 2014 but there was all kinds of formal declarations that the WiiU started Gen8 so things like the PS3 sales catch-up didn't count in terms of the results of the Gen 7 war. So many implications to how System Wars approaches the next gen.

I figured I'd see what people had to say about the subject. It's pretty lively lol

If that were the case this generation was over when the 3DS launched.

We don't number handheld generations.

It's over when they stop selling the consoles.

This honestly ^. Microflop and Nintendo are having a re-launch of sorts cuz they flopped out

Gaming generation makes no sense. For it to make sense, every console would need to come out at the same time, all the time. Every console is in their own gen. Playstation is in it's fourth gen, Xbox in it's third and Nintendo it's 7th (I think). Don't know how to cut it for PC though.

PS5 incoming?

With Nintendo doing its own thing since Wii, XBOX going cross-platform with Play Anywhere, and PC always been out of the usual console shit, and even PS4 making things like Pro, I'd say console generations are obsolete anyway at this point

If the Switch is launching a new generation, it is a sad time indeed.

Going backwards when you should be advancing is just mind boggling.

The Xbone looks powerful compared to the Switch. Let that sink in.

If it is supposed to succeed the 3DS, mission accomplished.

If Nintendo doesn't plan on launching a beefed up Switch I have no idea how they will get the newest games from third parties on the machine.

This

Do games like RDR2, TLOU: Part 2, Halo 6, GoW (or Dad of War) and more release on the Gen 9 console? No? Then it's pretty safe to say Gen 8 will still be alive and well for a while ;)

Correct. As long as PS4s and Xbones are being sold and software is developed then they're alive and well.

Switch is gen 7.5

You suggest it wasn't?

PS4 ran away with that shit since E3 2013 LOL ?

Gen 8 only got better near the end with some great PS4 games.

Infamous was still my favorite though.

i welcome gen 9.

Here is the only right answer end thread.

PS Pro and Switch are the current gen 9 leaders.

I consider a gen over when the last system from that gen stops manufacturing so a gen can go for very very long like the 6th gen was thanks to the PS2. Two or more gens can subsist at the same time. So now with Switch gen 9 started but gen 8 is still active with the PS4 and xbone.

Gen 8 is just an Illusion

-Matthew McConaughey

I bought an NS. I'm glad Nintendo is doing well with their new system but...

Nintendo's gen 9 isn't the industry's gen 9. Ever since Wii, Nintendo has been at least an entire generation (in capability) behind the rest of the industry. Direct competition or not, gen 9 hasn't started for most people.

I can't wait for Gen 8 to end, good thing Nintendo put some effort into innovation and isn't just a horrible weak PC with a handful of interesting exclusives which are their only excuse to exist. This gens AAA games are plagued with sequels, remasters and save bets while the Indie front gets flooded with trolls, trying to sell crap.

Nintendo are yet to get to gen 8.

They joined Gen 7 with the WiiU 360 after Gamecube wagglemote edition came out and now they have released Wii U 360 again but put the hardware in the tablet.