Talk:Atari 5200

Generation
I think it's really time to fix this longstanding error that's only becoming increasingly entrenched as it's allowed to linger. I've posted on the ColecoVision talk page as well because there was considerable if not universal consensus that the Third Generation (often described as "Third Wave" back then) started with it. And the 5200 launched two or three months later. Moving the 5200, ColecoVision, and Vectrex to Third Generation solves every problem and is consistent with the, frankly, robust primary sources from the era.

https://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo12/Alison123456789/Third%20Gen/Gamermagazine1983_zpsfbc8c06c.jpg

https://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo12/Alison123456789/Third%20Gen/TVGamer1983_zps1b9e74ad.jpg

https://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo12/Alison123456789/Third%20Gen/VideoGamesmagazineJan1983_zps6c3c77eb.jpg

https://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo12/Alison123456789/Third%20Gen/Colecothirdgen_zps6cfdc993.jpg

https://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo12/Alison123456789/Third%20Gen/TelespieleReport84CBSColeco_zpsdc2e4001.jpg

https://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo12/Alison123456789/Third%20Gen/videogamesplayerfall82_zps24b6db23.jpg

https://imgur.com/a/E86Lh (Atari 5200 and ColecoVision described as "third wave")

Wikipedia currently isn't even consistent with itself. The ColecoVision and SG-1000 are for all intents and purposes the same machine released 11 months of each other yet the SG-1000 is in the Third Generation. The 5200's placement is logically inconsistent since it's effectively Atari's Wii U. Everyone is in agreement that the Wii U was "next gen" to the Wii and the Switch was a mid-cycle replacement. Nobody disputes this. We don't retroactively group the Wii U with it's predecessor because it flopped. So why are we doing it to the 5200? The discrepancy of all this is irreconcilable. Bumping the ColecoVision, 5200, and Vectrex to Third Generation cures every problem. 47.16.172.103 (talk) 15:49, 3 January 2024 (UTC)