Worst Mistakes in Gaming

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Sky Render said:
There's a lot of similarities between the two, actually. Not just in sales trends, but in design decisions and end results as well. Both relied on a "better" screen and "more" controls than their competitors, as well as a more impressive sound processor, at the cost of battery life. Both have a larger physical size and weight than their direct competition (though not by a huge margin in either case). Both have screens noted for having ghosting issues. Both were marketed as a "better option" to the Game Boy line. Both prominently featured ports from previous systems and were similar to those previous systems (the GG is basically a beefed up portable Master System; the PSP is basically a beefed up portable PS1). And both garnered less than stellar software sales (in that regard, though, Game Gear actually outclassed the PSP, mostly because pirating GG games was not at all easy in the time of its market presence).

I thought that the Game Boy and Game Gear had the same controls: D-pad and two buttons.  In fact, the Game Boy had both "Start" and "Select" buttons while the Game Gear only had "Start", so it would be pretty hard to argue that it had more controls.

I also had heard that the PSP was/is more comparable to the PS2 than to the PS1, though that is just hearsay on my part.  Are you sure you're right there?