Why the heck do people group the Game Boy line together for sales???

[redspear]

DTG said:

fazz said:
In the Slim PS2 you couldn't not play games that required the hard drive, like FFXI.

Therefore, Slim PS2 sales should be separated from old PS2 sales too.

 

Yes, because the original PS2 was black and white.

 

 If you played the PS2 on a Black and White TV it would be.

 

Seriously. The GBC and the GB were essentially the same hardware the prime difference was the monitor and since it recieved a color monitor it recieved a hardware update that could handle basic color(extra memeory and slightly faster CPU). Many GBC games played on the old GB but several did not as those games were entirely programed in 8 bit color instead of an enhanced colorized monochromatic image that was scalable to B&W.

The GBC and GB does push the edge of being a new console more so than anything going to be released today. But the intercompatability is also higher than any seperate game systems today. When you can play 360 games on an XBOX than you have crossed that line again.