this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2024
141 points (97.3% liked)

Games

16800 readers
673 users here now

Video game news oriented community. No NanoUFO is not a bot :)

Posts.

  1. News oriented content (general reviews, previews or retrospectives allowed).
  2. Broad discussion posts (preferably not only about a specific game).
  3. No humor/memes etc..
  4. No affiliate links
  5. No advertising.
  6. No clickbait, editorialized, sensational titles. State the game in question in the title. No all caps.
  7. No self promotion.
  8. No duplicate posts, newer post will be deleted unless there is more discussion in one of the posts.
  9. No politics.

Comments.

  1. No personal attacks.
  2. Obey instance rules.
  3. No low effort comments(one or two words, emoji etc..)
  4. Please use spoiler tags for spoilers.

My goal is just to have a community where people can go and see what new game news is out for the day and comment on it.

Other communities:

Beehaw.org gaming

Lemmy.ml gaming

lemmy.ca pcgaming

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works
141
It’s official: No Nintendo console has lasted as long as Switch without being replaced. (www.videogameschronicle.com)
submitted 4 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works
13 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Matriks404@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (4 children)

What about the original Game Boy? I am pretty sure it lasted nearly a decade.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Yeah, the article specifies home console.

Game Boy lasted over 9 years between 1989 and late 1998, then Game boy Color happened.

Some people consider GBC just another GB revision, but with twice the processing power and memory, on top of the colour screen, it does not really make sense IMO.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

GameBoy Color is the GameBoy equivalent of a PS4 Pro.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not really. PS4 pro doesn't have exclusive games, game boy color had a lot.

If anything, DSi and new 3DS would be closer and muddy a bit what can be considered a separate console or an upgrade.

Though DSi exclusives were mostly because of online delivery and camera use, not better hardware.

n3DS had a few exclusives requiring the extra power but not a lot (Xenoblade, the Binding of Isaac, SNES virtual console...). Mostly it ran a few select games a bit better.

[–] Zangoose@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

IMO the GBC isn't really a full successor to the original game boy. Even though there were exclusives the actual system is more or less just an overclock/spec bump from the original game boy. Nothing about the system (architecture, input layout, developer experience, etc.) fundamentally changed Edit: aside from the PPU being able to handle colors on the screen.

On the other hand, the GBA is a different generation because it has a completely different architecture and development process. In order to maintain backwards compatibility, Nintendo basically just stuffed the original GB/GBC internals into the GBA alongside the GBA hardware, and it will just decide which CPU to use depending on the cartridge it has loaded.