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Game Boy Advance SP Sells 1.1 Million in U.S.

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the cowboyneal's-pokémon-addiction dept.

clu76 writes "An article at Business Wire indicates that Nintendo has sold 1.1 million Game Boy Advance SPs since hitting the shelves less than 10 weeks ago. The article goes on to say, 'The new model has sold at a rate of more than 10 per minute, non-stop, since launch.' Two new colors of the popular handheld have also been announced: Flame (red) and Onyx (black)." I'd attribute this to the SP being the first Game Boy to have a screen that's viewable in total darkness, as well as not requiring batteries. Anyone got ideas for what to do with an old GBA?

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  1. Anyone got ideas for what to do with an old GBA? by Music+To+Eat · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    "Anyone got ideas for what to do with an old GBA?" Yeah, donate them to the blind, since they don't need to be able to see the screens anyway.

  2. Nintendo has succeeded ... by chance2105 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    At holding a good piece of hardware from the public until now. Why didn't the original Gameboy have these features? Why could these two versions at least have been released alongside each other? I realize they were probably going for a low-end market, but damn, talk about milking a dead cow.

  3. PSP by skajake · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Nintendo in my opinion has once again botched the oppurtunity for an awesome portable gaming system. Thank God that Sony has finally decided to throw some competition into the mix.

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    ~ Maintainer of the Skajake Projects

  4. Re:Great Machine, but... by Backward+Z · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR WONDERFUL INSIGHT.

    I'LL REMEMBER THAT NEXT TIME I'M LOOKING AT THE SCREEN AND I CAN STILL SEE IT ANYWAY.

    Come on, dude. Does it matter? It's an internal light. Front or back is just semantics.

    It WORKS. And probably uses less battery power than a backlight would require.