I already debunked that argument above:
It's not unusual for a company to launch two consoles in the same generation. It's happened before a few times:
- Gen 2 - Atari 2600 and 5200
- Gen 3 - Sega SG-1000 and Master System
- Gen 4 - TurboGrafx and SuperGrafx
- Gen 8 - Wii U and Switch
Again, if no one called the Switch a Gen 9 console back in 2019, there's no reason why we should start calling it Gen 9 now. Nintendo didn't launch the Switch as a next-gen successor to the Wii U, but launched it as an alternative to the Wii U and 3DS.
To add, back when Satoru Iwata (RIP) first announced the Switch:
Nintendo's New Console, NX, Is Not a Simple "Replacement" for Wii U or 3DS (2015)
Chief executive Satoru Iwata suggests the new system may live alongside Nintendo's existing platforms.
Nintendo's next dedicated game platform, codenamed NX, is not meant to be a simple "replacement" for the Wii U or 3DS, according to chief executive Satoru Iwata.
The Switch was not originally intended to be a successor to the Wii U, but was intended to be a hybrid alternative to both the Wii U and 3DS, which they were intending to support alongside the Switch (but the Wii U and 3DS didn't last long).
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