True, the Game Boy will always be the king.
The Virtual Boy died for many reasons, and definately didn't sell well, but I still like it. The DS is a different concept, but it will be the games that make or break it. When the Virtual Boy launched, the game selection sucked except for the 2 Mario Games (Mario Clash which I still enjoy, and Mario Tennis). The rest was generic junk like "Teleboxer" and "Galactic Pinball".
If Wario Land had come out at launch, that thing would have sold a lot better.
The point is, the masses didn't like the VB, but some people do. Sadly, "some" people can't keep a system alive nowadays. I hope Nintendo is hiding some groundbreaking feature that will change portable gaming as we know it until E3 comes around. Either way, the Game Boy will always be king.
Just for the record, let's count how many systems the Game Boy has destroyed over the years.....
Turbograph 16 portable, Sega Game Gear (twice), Atari Lynx, Sega Nomad, Sega CDX, Tiger's Game.com, SNK's NeoGeo Pocket, and Neo Geo Pocket Color, Wonderswan, and that new wonderswan in Japan whose name I forget. Add Virtual Boy to the list if you want to be cruel
Keep in mind that most of those were destroyed by the old Black & White 8-bit "creamed spinach color screen" Game Boy. PSP dosen't have a chance, especially now that Square is making games for GBA (hehe).
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Originally Posted by Taloniss
Personally, I hope the PSP survives, because with some true competition in the handheld market, it will make both Nintendo and Sony up the quality of there games and systems, and that's only good for us gamers  |
That's your opinion. I've always observed that Sony uses mind games to compete. They're hardware is always inferior, yet they always win, because they project the image that they are "cool", and that if you buy anyone but them, you are a loser, and will be ridiculed by all the cool kids. That's why I am against the PSP. Nintendo fans have always done just fine without compatition. I don't mean to offend, but I really do hate the PSP whole heartedly. Portable games are supposed to be easy to pick up and play, not games where you have to wait for a system to boot up, load...load...load...and then finally get to play for a few seconds before you have to go do something else.
And who buys a portable system to listen to MP3's?
Sony is inventing this thing so that they can release movies on those DVD optical discs. They want to popularize the format, so that they can resale every movie under the sun in this new format. Discs are delicate, and break easily. Not good for a portable system. On top of that, disc drives have moving parts. Moving parts wear out. Then you have to replace it. How convienient for Sony. It will wear out just in time for their next handheld. What would you do? Fix your old PSP, or choke up $300 for the next one.
I apoligize for being so aggressive about this. I've talked about this on a few other boards, and people are already making fun of me for buying an GBA SP, instead of saving my money for the so called "cooler" PSP. I never thought I'd have to go through this hell in the portable market.
One last depressing thought. The GBA will fight the PSp for a long time, and probobly kick it;s a**, but eventually Nintendo will have to release a new Game Boy. It will most likely be more powerful than the PSP by that time, but it will come at a cost. Look at the home consoles. How many old school 2D platformers are on them? Hardly any. Look at the GBA, it's full of them. It's the only place they still survive in the current market. It's a known fact that Sony is against 2D platformers because they are old fashioned, and Sony caters to the modern gamer. Nintendo is more innovative and always developing new and beautiful 3D games (F-Zero GX, Rebel Strike, Metroid Prime), but they never forget that they have fans of all ages. Because of this, they rerelease their old classics in a more modern form, or they make new sequels in the classic form (Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga). When the handheld markey is forced into 3D, 2D will die.
On PS2, Irem just released what they are calling the final R-Type game. R-Type is one of the few surviving 2D shooters, now it's dead. Look at the ever so awesome TMNT game for GBA. It feels so much more like the originals than the console one does. This will be gone as well. I love 3D games, but I love 2D games equally. I can't bear the thought of seeing them fade away.
My point is that the PSP will begin the death of 2D gaming if it susceeds. I hope and pray the GBA destroys it, and I hope and pray the DS helps destroy it, for the sake of 2D gaming.