Talk:Sony PlayStation 2
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Are you sure its safe to call the generation 128bit generation! The GameCube is 64bit and the xBox is 32bit, the PS2 may be 128bit, but its the only console that is! Junglist 20:21, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
- I don't really think we should be referring to consoles by "bit generation" although it can be useful as a point of reference to the hardware that existed during a certain period. There was the 8-bit, 16-bit generations, then it all got a bit murky. Perhaps this is something we should develop elsewhere? I think we should certainly create some categories into which we can put hardware/software. Whether this is organised on year ranges with a sub-category of number of bits? -- tyagi 20:46, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
Era Standardization
If you go see the above link Wikipedia.org are currently having discussions on a way to standardize the Gaming Era/Generations. Maybe we could follow their lead or hold similar discussions. --Junglist 15:13, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
- Looks like they've got the same problem. But we're not quite as constrained as them, since Wikipedia is designed to only report, not to influence. We can make our own definitions.
- I'm not sure that either pre-set 'generations' of 'years' are the best way to think about things - since there were non-competing machines a the same time. Which generation did the Game Boy belong to? Instead, we should think of 'categories'. I think they should be as below. Each time a new machine is added, it can be placed in one of these categories, and each case can be debated seperately. It would be possible for some machines to be in more than one category - for example, the PC.
- first-generation computers (up to and including ZX81 and Vic-20)
- second-generation computers (CPC, C64, Spectrum)
- third-generation computers (Atari ST, Amiga, Acorn)
- fourth-generation computers (everything since?)
- Well the PC and Mac are really all thats left in this market... and they do not work in generations... so im not sure this one could be tricky --Junglist 15:13, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
- dedicated home videogame machines (pong variants, etc)
- first-generation videogame consoles (Atari 2600, Odyssey etc)
- second-generation videogame consoles (Atari 7800, NES, Master System)
- third-generation videogame consoles (Mega Drive, SNES)
- fourth-generation videogame consoles (CD32, Jaguar, 3D0, Mega Drive 32X)
- fifth-generation videogame consoles (Saturn, PlayStation, Nintendo 64)
- sixth-generation videogame consoles (Dreamcast, PS2, GC, Xbox)
- seventh-generation videogame consoles (Revolution, Xbox 360, PS3)
- Yeah thats seems pretty good, maybe we could have a in brackets (or something) what each gen can be refered to as (ie second-generation videogame consoles (sometimes refered to as "The 8-Bit era" or "The Nintendo Era") --Junglist 15:13, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
- dedicated handheld videogame machines (Game and Watch, Tomytronic, etc)
- first-generation handheld videogame consoles (Game Boy, Game Gear, Lynx)
- second-generation handheld videogame consoles (GB Colour, Game.com)
- third-generation handheld videogame consoles (GBA, GP32, Neo Geo Pocket Colour)
- fourth-generation handheld videogame consoles (DS, PSP, new Game Boy type?)
- I think maybe the Gameboy could have the first gen all to its self, didnt the GameGear only get released in the 16bit eva, or maybe im wrong --Junglist 15:13, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
- Xevious 12:34, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
