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The talk of the townright now is the Switch 2.
Or rather, the Switch Successor Which Currently Does Not Have A Name.
We’re at a precipice inNintendo’slife cycle, and that prompts us to look both ways.
The nomenclature sent me into an existential crisis.
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Does Time Matter For Consoles?
Technically, I know Jade is correct.
The Switch was born in 2017, and the Switch 2 will be born in 2025.
That makes the original Switch older by eight years.
And yet it just feels wrong.
It’s because we think of the older brother as being bigger, tougher, more confident.
But with consoles, it’s the opposite.
The larger, more robust, more capable machine is the younger one.
What has confused me even more is trying to do this for thePlayStationfamily.
Nintendo has changed things up every couple of generations, whileXboxhasnever strung two connected naming conventions together.
Launched in 2017, the Nintendo Switch allows you to switch between console and handheld gaming easily.
But PlayStation is simplicity itself.
We began with the PS1, and travelled up in a straight line to the PS5.
And the ‘older brother’ of the PlayStation family is difficult to describe.
Who Is The Eldest PlayStation?
You’d think, by my logic, I would say the PS5.
But the PS5isthe fresh young thing, speedy little whiz kid.
Launched in 2017, the Nintendo Switch allows you to switch between console and handheld gaming easily.
But I wouldn’t switch the order around, either.
Meanwhile, the PS4 is symbolically and chronologically the older brother of the PS5.
In the middle is the PS3, which seems to deserve the crown.
Maybe that does make the Switch the older brother after all.
Launched in 2017, the Nintendo Switch allows you to switch between console and handheld gaming easily.
