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GBA SP Updated with Brighter Backlit Screen
PSXer writes "Nintendo has quietly included a much brighter backlit screen into the new Game Boy Advance SP Graphite and Pearl Blue colors.
From the article: "Though all that's changed between the classic GBA SP system and the updated ones is the screen technology, the difference is night and day. The new system kicks on with incredible brightness and clarity in its display right from the start, and the improvement becomes even more obvious with each game you stick in the system.""
The new Game Boy Micro (think GBA SP meets iPod Nano) has been noted for its much brighter display.
http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000990043834/
I suppose Nintendo has decided to move the technology to the standard size SP as well...all of this development on what is basically a GBA I find puzzling. With the DS having been out for some time now I would think most people looking to buy a Game Boy device would look to the DS, especially considering it can be had for as little as $129 now.
Plan to win a head to head game:
1. Take your original GBA with dim light
2. Play a game against a person with a new brightly lid GBA.
3. At a certain moment the other one just stops because he ran out of battery power. You will still have some minutes left. => Victory!
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The website does have one interesting property. If you've got cookies disabled, you can't read the article - it just displays ad after ad, in some sort of loop. Damn annoying. Of course, that's not to say the article itself isn't an ad of sorts - but it's more relevant (and interesting).
Anyway, I wonder if retailers are going to have to discount the older, dimmer version in order to sell off old stock - and by how much?
1. Change something minor on your product
2. Get loads more free publicity
3. PROFIT!
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