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

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

Posted by CowboyNeal on Monday June 9, 2003 @04:51AM 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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Sure... by ScriptGuru · 2003-06-09 04:54 · Score: 5, Funny

Anyone got ideas for what to do with an old GBA?
I'll take it.

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old GBA? by SHEENmaster · 2003-06-09 04:56 · Score: 5, Funny

Send it to me! The NetBSD port is only a few days away. I could patch in a keyboard and a numeric coprocessor and a hard disk and wifi/wired ethernet...

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Slashdot editors... by SlashChick · 2003-06-09 04:56 · Score: 4, Funny

"Anyone got ideas for what to do with an old GBA?"

Boy, one would think the Slashdot editors had never heard of eBay. :P

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Doesn't require batteries? by irving47 · 2003-06-09 04:56 · Score: 5, Funny

Very nice. So I guess it runs off the pure power of geek? Or have they nailed that whole zero point energy conundrum?

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1. Re:Doesn't require batteries? by shawn(at)fsu · 2003-06-09 05:01 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Maybe it's like the forever flashlite over at Think Geek and all you need to do is shake it for 10-15 seconds then play for up to 5 minutes =]
  
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2. Re:Doesn't require batteries? by Visoblast · 2003-06-09 05:05 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  The shaking feautre could even be integrated into the game: "See this bad guy? Strangle him!"
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3. Re:Doesn't require batteries? by calethix · 2003-06-09 05:18 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  "Maybe it's like the forever flashlite over at Think Geek and all you need to do is shake it for 10-15 seconds then play for up to 5 minutes =]"
  
  I thought it was common knowledge that shaking a controller in the direction you want to go can make you jump higher and turn corners sharper and even run just a little bit faster so you don't get smooshed. ;)
  It makes sense to make use of that wasted energy.
4. Re:Doesn't require batteries? by GoofyBoy · 2003-06-09 05:25 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  >It makes sense to make use of that wasted
  energy.
  
  I bet I could power my tv for a year with the extra energy I used pressing buttons harder than I needed to.
  
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No batteries? by evilviper · 2003-06-09 04:57 · Score: 4, Funny

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.

No batteries, eh? So they finally accepted my idea for the nuclear reactor power pack...

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Anyone got ideas for what to do with an old GBA? by snuffdiddy23 · 2003-06-09 04:59 · Score: 2, Funny

Give it to a child you know and them start stealing his games that his mom buys him. also, when you are playing the child you can fiddle with the lighting and make it so he can't see the screen while you take him to school in some head-to-head action with the gameboy advance link cable.
A great guy by Anonymous Coward · 2003-06-09 05:00 · Score: 5, Funny

A great man I know bought an SP and left his GBA at work for bored people to play (this is a receptionist job with very slow times). He is unto a god.
Re:I love my GBA SP by Rosyna · 2003-06-09 05:05 · Score: 3, Funny

Not really. I was in the middle of a game of MegaMan and Bass but I had to take a shower and didn't want to play the GBASP in the shower nor did I want to start all over from the beginning of King's tower. So I just plugged 'er in and closed the lid while I took a shower. Although I do wish it fell asleep when the lid was closed like the PowerBooks/iBooks.
Flame and Onyx: Strippers? by burgburgburg · 2003-06-09 05:06 · Score: 5, Funny

I hadn't realized that "red" and "black" were so last week that they couldn't serve as product color descriptors.
What to do with an old GBA by JWhitlock · 2003-06-09 05:07 · Score: 4, Funny

Nail it to a picture frame, with the caption "If you are going to be an early adopter, occasionally you are going to throw away your money".
that's it, then by SweetAndSourJesus · 2003-06-09 05:07 · Score: 2, Funny

We need waterproof GBAs!

Now you're playing in the shower...Nintendo shower!

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Re:I love my GBA SP by JFMulder · 2003-06-09 05:23 · Score: 2, Funny

Oh, and the headphone adapter. What the hell is up with that?
Don't you read Penny-Arcade? ;-)
Re:Too damn small! by Phexro · 2003-06-09 05:24 · Score: 5, Funny

"Plus I like how the old GBA takes AA batteries. Much easier upkeep compared to prying the thing open and replacing the internal."

Or you could recharge the SP's battery when it drains.
Re:Great Machine, but... by Cpt_Kirks · 2003-06-09 06:02 · Score: 2, Funny

Back light, front light, I'm the one with the gun...
Re:Too damn small! by bedurndurn · 2003-06-09 06:16 · Score: 2, Funny

Step outside, and marvel in the fact that before the internet, people lived in the REAL WORLD.

That was before we discovered skin cancer, smog and outdoor advertising. Now we retreat back into our safe, dark caves (or apartments, as applicable) and we like it that way.

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Re:Too damn small! by Coke+in+a+Can · 2003-06-09 06:45 · Score: 3, Funny

"Now we retreat back into our safe, dark caves (or apartments, as applicable)"

You forgot our parents' basements.
Re:More on colors by mattACK · 2003-06-09 09:25 · Score: 2, Funny

Comparing GBA games to XBOX games is like comparing apples to Geraldo Rivera.
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