| Alexie Di Onie said: If you ask why they bundled the Gameboy and the Game boy Color together in sales that is because they were two variations of the same system, if they had not bundled them together than ioi would have to seperate Core PSP packs and bundled packs, or seperate the Xbox and PS3 with their plethora of SKUS. Same system, better stuff, just like say the elite 360 or 80 gig PS3. |
That's not true, they were totally different systems with different games. There's no comparison with bundles and non bundles or different SKUs at all. The Game Boy Color could play Game Boy games but it also had its own games which the Game Boy couldn't play. Basically it's the same as with the PS1 and PS2. It wasn't just a redesign of the Game Boy like the Game Boy Pocket or Game Boy Light were. They were pretty much as different as the DS and GBA. The DS can play GBA games but it isn't just a redesign and they are rightfully counted separately, as the Game Boy and Game Boy Color should be. I'm sure there are some SKUs I'm missing but this is a basic table:
Game Boy = Game Boy Pocket = Game Boy Light (All can only play Game Boy games and a very few specially designed additional carts as mentioned previously in this thread.)
Game Boy Color (Can play Game Boy Color and original Game Boy games.)
Game Boy Advance = Game Boy Advance SP = Game Boy Micro (Can play GBA, Game Boy Color and original Game Boy games.)
DS = DS Lite (Can play GBA and DS games.)
In the same way that:
PlayStation = PlayStation One (Can only play PS1 games.)
PlayStation 2 = PlayStation 2 Slim (Can play PS1 and PS2 games.)
PlayStation 3's 50 billion different SKUs (Can play whatever Sony feels like that morning.)
