Quote Originally Posted by Leo_A View Post
It's precisely why I'm arguing that a blanket standard like being two generations old is so lousy. It doesn't take into account short lived platforms or platforms with extraordinary life's that lasted across multiple generations like the Atari 2600 and the Playstation 2.

Not to mention the intangibles like the Dreamcast that got off to such a promising start yet died so prematurely while marking the end of console production from a beloved company and the last console that placed a major focus on bringing arcade gaming into the home. Or all the automatic 2D nostalgia that the Super Nintendo had that quite possibly led gamers to start classifying it as classic earlier than they perhaps would've had the generation transition been a bit more conventional and 2D style gaming hadn't nearly gone extinct.
I'm all for "off with the cords" where anything that isn't wireless by default feels like outdated technology. From last gen (Wii/PS3/360) on out I bet nothing will come wired by default.