I'd have to say that the original GameBoy lasted far longer than was probably originally intended. The system was released in 1989 (!) and didn't get any major technology upgrades (aside from a color screen, and even that wasn't until the very late 90's) until maybe two years ago, with the release of the GameBoy Advance. And yet, somehow, Nintendo owns 95+ (maybe even 99+) percent of the handheld market. Interesting, no?
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I'd have to say that the original GameBoy lasted far longer than was probably originally intended. The system was released in 1989 (!) and didn't get any major technology upgrades (aside from a color screen, and even that wasn't until the very late 90's) until maybe two years ago, with the release of the GameBoy Advance. And yet, somehow, Nintendo owns 95+ (maybe even 99+) percent of the handheld market. Interesting, no?