The future of GBA

[Kuja`s #1]

There may be no future for the GBA. Sony's biggest shock at E3 was the PSP. A handheld game. Wel all knew it was going to happen at sometime. Anyway I want to know if you think that Nintendo should be worried. They say they're not but they're bluffing. We all know about GBA so here's a site for info on the psp. www.gamespy.com/articles/june03/sony

[uncapped]

When it comes out, it will kick so much ass. The only problem that i can think of is anti-skip protection.

[Kuja`s #1]

agreed

[Soulmaster]

Another very possible problem is that Sony makes VERY cheap hardware.

[Kuja`s #1]

Explain!

[quikspy67]

I don't think Nintendo has to worry about a thing.

[Medieval Bob]

Why the fuck would Nintendo be in trouble? GBA has the best RPGs in my opinion currently. Also, they have a lot of games out so far. It should be similar to the situation when X-box and the Cube came out. PS2 had lots of games, so there was more excitement over the PS2. I don't think Nintendo has anything to worry about.

[Kuja`s #1]

Yes they do. The PSP will probably remake all the PSX and PS2's best games. GBA=HISTORY

[Eddie_Perez]

Is all this just leading to cheap pc's for all? I think so.

[quikspy67]

There Kuja its back.

[Medieval Bob]

Yes they do. The PSP will probably remake all the PSX and PS2's best games. GBA=HISTORY

You're dreaming. Anyway, if there's going to be a remake battle, I'm sure Nintendo could ask for remakes of its SNES games on the GBA. They could all be redone with better graphics as well, though I'd like them the way they are. The SNES has the best games ever made, so I wouldn't think remakes of PSX games would hurt Nintendo one bit.

[uncapped]

I don't know Bob. Sure, SNES has some of the best RPG's ever invented, but PS1 has good ones too. I'd rather be playing Final Fantasy VII during a car-ride than any other game I can think of. Hell, I'd buy PSP for that sole reason if they were to port FFVII to it.

[Soulmaster]

agreed.

[quikspy67]

Please don't do that, that counts as spam!

[Medieval Bob]

Somebody needs to explain to me what spam is... Just because a post is short, it does not make it spam.. does it? He expressed his thoughts, just as uncapped did. He just did it in fewer words. Anybody have a definition of spam?

[WetWired]

Well, we used to have a list somewhere, but basicly to simply say agreed is spam, but to say why you agree or in what way you agree is not...

[Kuja`s #1]

I though spam was when you either post useless info or you post info on something that doesn't go along wit the thread's purpose.

[WetWired]

To simply say that you agree is useless info unless you were asked.

You have to understand that most of the non-standard spam clasifications are for behavior typical of post rushers--people that will post anything for any reason to quickly raise their post count so that they feel important.

[Kuja`s #1]

I used to be like that. But a feformed man has been born. I shall not spam (unless others are) I shall post some dumb threads but in the chat forum. I will make usefull threads and post interesting stuff.

[Kuja`s #1]

Yes I have been reformed

[Raziel]

Nintendo doesn't have much to worry about, in my opinion. The Game Boy is the most succesful video game console ever, and it's destroyed every technically superior opponent it's ever encountered. Game Boy is unbeatable. End of story.

[Kuja`s #1]

So its the most successful "now: What about after the PSP comes out?

[uncapped]

That is very true, Raziel. Game Boy will likely always be more succesful, don't get me wrong. But that doesn't mean its better than other consoles. The PSP will shatter it, gameplay wise, if my expectations are correct.

[Kuja`s #1]

I hope it does. Don't like GBA. Don't know why, just don't.

[Raziel]

But that doesn't mean its better than other consoles...The PSP will shatter it, gameplay wise

And technical superiority doesn't mean it's better either. The games are the ultimate deciding factor in the value of any console. That's why the SNES was the best console of it's generation. It had the best games, hands down. 3DO, Atari Jaguar and NeoGeo were all technologically superior to the SNES, and they all flopped because the consoles didn't have the software to back up the hardware.

The case will be the same with the PSP. On the home console front, the majority of 3rd party developers are going to stick with PS2 for the simple reason that everybody else is sticking with it. The case is reversed with the handheld market. Nintendo has held the absolute reins of the portable market for the last 5 years, and 3rd party developers aren't going to want to risk banking their futures on a less predictable product. GBA is a surefire path to success, and letting go of certainties like that (for no real gain) is just a stupid move.

[Medieval Bob]

Along the lines of power, it doesn't mean stronger = better. Because when X-box and 'Cube came out... They both were better than the PS2, but the programmers didn't make use of the extra power. Games are better today, but it took Nintendo and *ugh* Microsoft a good long while to catch up with PS2 because they already had a start. Now, Gameboy has a huge headstart on this PSP, and they have a much larger fan base from what I know. I don't expect much to come from it.

I expect something similar to Dreamcast if Nintendo does what it usually does when problems threaten to arise: Man Up.