Probably because Nintendo has never not made a new console for such a long period of time.
No, that can’t be it. It must be something much less intuitive.
What about the original Game Boy? I am pretty sure it lasted nearly a decade.
Yeah, the article specifies home console.
Game Boy lasted over 9 years between 1989 and late 1998, then Game boy Color happened.
Some people consider GBC just another GB revision, but with twice the processing power and memory, on top of the colour screen, it does not really make sense IMO.
GameBoy Color is the GameBoy equivalent of a PS4 Pro.
Not really. PS4 pro doesn’t have exclusive games, game boy color had a lot.
If anything, DSi and new 3DS would be closer and muddy a bit what can be considered a separate console or an upgrade.
Though DSi exclusives were mostly because of online delivery and camera use, not better hardware.
n3DS had a few exclusives requiring the extra power but not a lot (Xenoblade, the Binding of Isaac, SNES virtual console…). Mostly it ran a few select games a bit better.
IMO the GBC isn’t really a full successor to the original game boy. Even though there were exclusives the actual system is more or less just an overclock/spec bump from the original game boy. Nothing about the system (architecture, input layout, developer experience, etc.) fundamentally changed Edit: aside from the PPU being able to handle colors on the screen.
On the other hand, the GBA is a different generation because it has a completely different architecture and development process. In order to maintain backwards compatibility, Nintendo basically just stuffed the original GB/GBC internals into the GBA alongside the GBA hardware, and it will just decide which CPU to use depending on the cartridge it has loaded.
Well, they still support the Switch really good with tons of games still coming out - first, second and third party. Also a lot of the “cool” indie games getting a switch port makes it the perfect machine for people like me who love that kind of stuff but are not into pc’s. Dredge and Dave the Diver come to mind. Love, love! both of them!
Virtual Boy was never replaced.
checks article
Hah, they apparently left it off their table of systems. Nice try, author!
EDIT: Oh, someone else pointed out that they left off the portables, and they probably consider it to be a portable, though I don’t think people likely actually carried it around.
I really can’t get used on the controller. Every time I play my son switch, I can play only a short period of time. The steam deck looks better in that regard.
Yeah we swapped over to the PS5 DualSense. So much nicer.
Edit: only works on Homebrewed Switch sadly
You can get controller adapters to plug other controllers into the switch, you only need homebrew if you want to do it without anything extra.
I forget who makes them. It might be 8bitdo? There are probably a million clones by now though because this was something I remember seeing earlier on in the switch’s lifecycle.
Eh, the Pro controller is pretty decent. I very rarely play in handheld mode, but there are also more ergonomic options for that use case as well.
