| Ka-pi96 said: The Atari 5200 to the Atari 2600 sounds like it is the same as the New 3DS is to the 3DS. Not a new gen of console, just a slight improvement for people that want the higher specs with a few exclusive games. |
The 3DS to New 3DS (N3DS) transisition reminds me of the transition from DS to DSi, updated hardware with a few new features and exclusives, but not ultimately a seperate generation because the difference did not split the player base. aka DS and DSi are still 'DS'es and 3DS and N3DS are both '3DS'es.
Atari on the other hand split its player base. it had seperate games for each system, and the only way for backwards compatibility was to buy an adaptor. the 5200 was designed to sucede the 2600, but becaue of the market crash that didnt happen...
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