Mothhive said:
Maze1125 said:
Mothhive said:
In terms of technology, a generation is defined as "a specified stage of development in manufacture, usually implying improvement". The Wii U was not an improvement over the 7th generation consoles, and therefore belongs to that generation.
Do you know what the word "usually" means?
It means, most of the time, but not always.
As in, there are exceptions. Such as, for example, the Wii U.
Yes, I am aware what it means, thanks. Now, if you could give me a good reason why the Wii U should be considered an exception, then I'll happily admit that it is part of the 8th generation. So far, I've seen no convincing arguments, so good luck with that.
Okay, how about this. It isn't an exception at all. It's made some very clear improvements, but before that, consider this generic scenario:
Generation A has two consoles, ConX and ConY, both have 8GB of ram and 10MHz processors. The manufacturers of ConX and ConY decide to make new console, but they go in different directions.
As such, ConX2 has 16GB of ram but the same 10MHz processor, while ConY2 has a 20MHz processor but the same 8GB of ram.
Regardless, both have made improvements and so both can reasonably be considered part of Generation A+1. Agreed? Good.
Right, now the manufacturer of the ConX2 likes how things going and so makes the ConX3 with 32GB of ram and a 40MHz processor.
However the manufacturer of the ConY2 has become disillusioned with simple "number" progress and instead makes the ConY3 with exactly the same 20MHz processor and 8GB of ram, while instead focusing on multiple quality of life improvements and new gameplay features that the ConX3 doesn't have.
Now clearly, only the ConX3 counts as generation A+2, while the ConY3 is still generation X+1, as everyone knows that the only improvements that count are one that can be measured in numbers and everything else is meaningless...
The Wii U has multiple features that didn't exist in ANY generation 7 console. It those ways it is a clear improvement on them. They may be features that you personally don't care about, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Improvements aren't just things measured in numbers.