the_dengle said:
But the DS was also popular among "old ass parents/grandparents." Did they identify the product they bought, owned, and used as a GameBoy? Or would they recognize it as a DS, as something distinct from a GameBoy? |
Yeah, I'm pretty sure they did identify it as a GameBoy. Lets be honest, what really is the difference between a traditional GameBoy and a DS? Two screens? Touch screen features? A camera? Sure it has those things, but does that make it not a GameBoy? I'd say no, not really. The extra features are nice, no doubt, but at the end of the day it's still a handheld gaming console. I'd even go as far as to say that really, the PSP is just Sony's GameBoy, the GameGear is SEGA's, and the Lynx is Atari's. GameBoy is just a term now that refers to handheld consoles. IMO anyway.
“What I say is, a town isn't a town without a bookstore. It may call itself a town, but unless it's got a bookstore it knows it's not fooling a soul.” - Neil Gaiman
