(Rumor from GDC) DS specs- Bigger screens and Gamecube-like structure

[Twistedpixel]

LordTheNightKnight said:

Twistedpixel said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

But that doesn't mean handhelds are behind. It just means the specs can't be too high to fit those things.

Older technology is often cheaper and more power efficient and made to fit the form factors desired for handhelds.

Wrong. Older tech is not used in those. Those are new tech with the specs being at the level of the older tech. There is a difference.

If older tech isn't used then why did Nintendo not effectively use the same CPU line for the Gameboy and another for the DS? So even if it was new when the Gameboy was released, it was old by the time the advance was discontinued.