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<blockquote data-quote="Matt McIrvin" data-source="post: 30733" data-attributes="member: 590"><p>One solution might be to agree on absolute numbers. Wikipedia seems to think we're currently in the seventh generation:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console#Seventh_generation" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console#Seventh_generation</a></p><p></p><p>though obviously this is somewhat arbitrary, since, for instance, they lump the Atari 2600 and 5200 together into generation 2. It's:</p><p></p><p>Generation 1: home pongs and lightguns</p><p>Generation 2: Fairchild Channel F, Atari 2600, Intellivision, Colecovision, Astrocade, etc. (I think this really ought to be divided into two or three sub-generations, but maybe I was just paying too much attention at the time.)</p><p>Generation 3: NES/Famicom: Mario conquers the world</p><p>Generation 4: SNES, Genesis, etc.</p><p>Generation 5: PlayStation, Saturn, N64</p><p>Generation 6: PS2, XBox, GameCube, Dreamcast</p><p>Generation 7: PS3, XBox 360, Wii</p><p>Generation 8: next XBox, Wii U, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Matt McIrvin, post: 30733, member: 590"] One solution might be to agree on absolute numbers. Wikipedia seems to think we're currently in the seventh generation: [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_console#Seventh_generation[/url] though obviously this is somewhat arbitrary, since, for instance, they lump the Atari 2600 and 5200 together into generation 2. It's: Generation 1: home pongs and lightguns Generation 2: Fairchild Channel F, Atari 2600, Intellivision, Colecovision, Astrocade, etc. (I think this really ought to be divided into two or three sub-generations, but maybe I was just paying too much attention at the time.) Generation 3: NES/Famicom: Mario conquers the world Generation 4: SNES, Genesis, etc. Generation 5: PlayStation, Saturn, N64 Generation 6: PS2, XBox, GameCube, Dreamcast Generation 7: PS3, XBox 360, Wii Generation 8: next XBox, Wii U, etc. [/QUOTE]
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