The Nintendo Wii is considerably less powerful than the Sony PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Xbox 360, that’s a given. Some claim this removes its right to be called a ‘next-generation’ system, but Stormfront Studios’ Don Daglow begs to differ.

“I’m sure that somewhere in this little section of this room, there’s somebody who does not believe the Wii is next-gen,” he said.

“It does not have the processing power the 360 or the PS3 do, and you can make the consistent argument that, without that processing power, it can not revolutionise the entire experience. That’s debateable, and we get to decide.”

“Nobody gets to tell us what we think is next-gen - we get to decide for ourselves. I can help start arguing, but we get to decide for ourselves.”

The CEO of Stormfront discussed the pressing issue during a speech at the first day of the GC Developers Conference in Leipzig, Germany, reports Eurogamer. The site notes that he urged his peers to look beyond the ‘next-generation’ tag.

“Next-gen hardware is any platform that, upon its introduction, dramatically changes players’ view of the potential for interactive entertainment… If it changes the player’s view of what interactive entertainment is; if you think differently about it; if you have a new perspective after playing the game that you didn’t have before, to me that’s next-gen,” he told the audience.”

As well as hardware the Stormfront boss cited titles such as Sim City, Guitar Hero and Geometry Wars as software that had changed perceptions of the ‘next-generation.’

He concluded:

“That search for next-gen is what inspires us to keep trying to change and create new things, has us seeking to dramatically change people’s views of what this medium can do… As a game player, the one thing I want to ask you is never to give up,” he said. “There is always a next-gen available tomorrow.”

Sounds like he’s very much on Nintendo’s side, eh?