It's a little from column A and a little from column B. The market sure did respond to Gameboy hardware around the time the Gameboy Color was released. I am not sure how much of that has to do with Pokemon and how much has to do with the Color model. It's kind of a grey area.
What I will say is that Nintendo is not the one who determines what the successor to the Gameboy is. The market decides what the successor is.
Last edited by The_Liquid_Laser - on 25 February 2022curl-6 bet me that PS5 + X|S sales would reach 56m before year end 2023 and he was right.
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