Don't let my avatar fool you
(as in: don't allege people of following hidden agendas because of their fucken avatar FCS just because they say something you don't agree with).
So yes, if PS5 hasn't exclusive content and has to share PS4 SKU's games library it isn't a new generation from my point of view, especially if power is supposed to be the only differentiator. They might as well call it PS4 Superpro or whatever.
Okay, so you're basically just making up some very strange, arbitrary and anti-consumer rules and are upset that the reality is looking different than that?
According to your logic, if any first party game exists across 2 generations, the new generation is the same as the old one? Even if the next-gen box has, let's say, a shit ton more power, new input devices, allows for new features like VR and allows me to play games in my library at higher resolutions and higher framerates?
So basically, the Mega Drive wasn't a next-gen console, cause Golden Axe - a Sega First Party Exclusive, mind you - was also available on the Master System?
Titanfall 1 - An Xbox-Exclusive Game - was also available on the Xbox360, so the Xbox360 and the Xbox One belong to the same generation of hardware? The PS4 belongs to the PS3 generation because Journey was released on the PS4 as well? I can play the new Zelda game on my WiiU as well, so the Switch is not Nintendo's next generation?
A lot of folks in this thread here might be fairly young, but games have existed cross-generations for a looong time. That in itself is absolutely not an indicator of whether a box is 'next-gen' or not, whatever that even means.
This whole generation bullshit in general has to stop - A lot of folks play on PCs nowadays simply because STEAM has a library featuring hundreds of great games without any stupid 'this is gen X' assignment. With next-gen hardware, be it Scorpio or PS5, you'll be able to get games on the older gen hardware and see it run a little worse (probably lower res, lower framerate), while it'll perform the best on the latest gen hardware - exactly like what you see on the PC or Phone market. If you wanna play a brand new game at 60fps, get the new box. Don't wanna get the new box? You can still play the game on your old box at 30. That's probably how that's gonna work out.
The forward-compatibility is just an added benefit that Microsoft agreed upon and I think that's very pro-consumer: Once the new box comes out, your old box won't magically be worthless. You'll still be able to get the games that exist on that platform. Yes, they'll run a little worse, but devs will have to make sure the experience is still good. If it's not, it's the devs fault.
I can't fathom why in the world some of you folks come up with these arbitrary rules as to what constitutes what... At the end of the day, I just want to play the damn games that exist on the platform and the more games that are available to me, the better.