Draft talk:Ninth generation of video game consoles

Nintendo Switch Lite: Why it's ninth generation

I believe that the Nintendo Switch Lite is a ninth generation console due to being significantly different from the Nintendo 3DS, which dominated the eighth generation for handhelds, and the PlayStation Vita, the final handheld from Sony. Sony and Microsoft have declined to release a direct competitor to the Nintendo Switch Lite, though cloud services such as Apple Arcade and Google Stadia may challenge Nintendo's effective monopoly on the handheld market. While the original Switch is part of the eighth generation, the Switch Lite has enough differences to be considered a ninth generation console, as its game support and intended use is for handheld only. --LABcrabs (talk) 06:39, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

The Switch Lite is the Switch. It's not a different generation from the Switch because it is 99% the same hardware and support. It must stay with the Switch in the eighth generation. If that means we don't have any portables in the ninth, so be it. --Masem (t) 06:56, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Seconded. It’s...just a repurposed Switch. And I don’t particularly see sources calling it 9th gen either... Sergecross73 msg me 14:45, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

• Note that Apple Arcade is not a streaming service, rather a subscription service comparable to the Xbox Games Pass. Lordtobi (✉) 14:46, 19 December 2019 (UTC)

Draft status / mainspacing

This article needs carefully handling due to past issues of Wikipedia citogensis and generational definitions. The sourcing needs to become much stronger than simply off the back of two product announcements that have not hit production yet or been released. WP:VG should discuss it before salting is removed and the article leaves draft. -- ferret (talk) 12:48, 16 December 2019 (UTC)

Why should Stadia be here?

Stadia is a cloud gaming platform, not a console. This page generally focuses on consoles of said generation, while Stadia will compete with the PS5 and Xbox 4, it isn’t a real console, resulting in me questioning its inclusion. ShadowCyclone talk 22:16, 19 January 2020 (UTC)

Notable sources claiming ninth generation

Here are the sources:

• BBC Archives: (1) ("the ninth-generation of games consoles is now upon us.")
• Financial Post: (2) ("the ninth generation video game console war")
• GameSpot: (3) ("A new console generation is upon us.")
• Guinness World Records: (4) ("First ninth-generation videogame console")
• Metro: (5) ("The ninth generation of video game consoles has officially begun.")

There are also many headlines about these consoles selling out, and being sold for much higher prices than retail. I hope this article is approved so that it can be improved. --LABcrabs (talk) 03:41, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

AFC reviewers and the nom are encouraged to review (and participate) in Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Video_games#The_dreaded_9th_Gen_discussion... before this draft is moved anywhere. -- ferret (talk) 03:43, 8 December 2020 (UTC)