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zorg1000 on 14 January 2015
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Kane1389 said:
Soundwave said:
GBA would've sold 100+ million easy had it not been cut short. Probably 120 million in all honesty.


It would have been destroyed by the PSP before even reaching 100M


Those 2 devices didn't really aim at the same audience.

PSP-$249.99, PS2-level visuals for console-like experience along with strong emphasis on multimedia capabilities

GBA SP-$79.99, SNES-level visuals with a strong focus on retro style gameplay along with child-friendly software

GBA sales were cut short by DS which had a much stronger focus on the same audience that GBA aimed at. If DS didn't release in 2004 and gave GBA 1-2 more years in the spotlight than it would very, very likely have crossed the 100 million mark. Instead of splitting development between two seperate handhelds, Nintendo would have been able to focus all that energy on GBA giving it a much stronger software library in 2005-2006.



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