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"Are nintendo going to ditch the GBA?"

In the past, Nintendo said they have a history of keeping there old consoles up to date with new games but there not making any games for the Nintendo 64, The origional gameboy and from 2004 i think, the Game Boy Colour. Now people might say that people are going to buy a new console but some people may not want to. I think the only company that is making games for there old consoles is sony.
So are nintendo going to eventually ditch the GBA?

I can't believe I'm replying to this, but hey...

No company in history has ever supported old products years after new ones come out, and the PS1's games will dry out eventually. Not that this has anything to do with Sony mind - Sony don't make the games, developers do. It's those developers who have decided that, because PS1 sales are still fairly high, then they can continue to sell games on the platform.

Meanwhile, the N64s sales are... err... non-existant. Why would Nintendo make games for the console when the GC is creating far more profit, and is their main hope for the future?

SonicRav

Noobst@r wrote:

>
. And OOT is
> totally overrated. Only played it for 2 hours and got bored :|
> And the GBA sucks major balls. Bring out a handheld that ACTUALLY has
> graphics that are the same as PS1 (32-bit my a**e). Better yet, one
> that can match the PS2, X-Box or GC (PC even).
> caring mongoose say that would be a big handheld if it was like the xbox and oot was good if you had nnothing else to do ganondofr was the coolest
but anyway the gba is the best handheld so far id like to see a portable xbox and before i get killied for copying out loads of unuseful stuff you can skip what youve read

Game Boy will be around for many decades yet - especially seeing as it is the worlds best selling console.

GBA will eventually be ditched, but will be replaced by an even better Game Boy - obviously.

They won't ditch it completely, just like the GBC is still lingering.

cgj wrote:
> In the past, Nintendo said they have a history of keeping there old
> consoles up to date with new games

oh, the contradiction

but there not making any games for
> the Nintendo 64,

>The origional gameboy and from 2004

2004 you say?

Now people might say that people are going to buy a new
> console but some people may not want to.

People?


I think the only company that
> is making games for there old consoles is sony

BOOOOO, sony

> So are nintendo going to eventually ditch the GBA?

When they bring out the next more updated one, yes, but now... no

UrkiE-UK wrote:
> N64 was good, only because of zelda : ocarina of time.

Are we forgetting the excellent Perfect Dark and Goldeneye. And OOT is totally overrated. Only played it for 2 hours and got bored :|

*Awaits flaming* :D

And the GBA sucks major balls. Bring out a handheld that ACTUALLY has graphics that are the same as PS1 (32-bit my a**e). Better yet, one that can match the PS2, X-Box or GC (PC even).

Heh, imagine putting a GeForce FX into a handheld. Hehe. :D

Yeah, that's the only reason
*Dies*

N64 was good, only because of zelda : ocarina of time.

Nebuchan wrote:
> Dringo wrote:
> Funniest? or most stupid, sad thing ever. Sony are only supporting
> teh
> PS1 because the fan base is so big... the N64's fan base isn't big
> enough.
>
> The N64 was infinitely better than the PSone, but for some reason it
> didn't get the sales it deserved.
>
> Oh, and to prove I'm not just some fanboy, I actually owned a PSone,
> but never bought an N64...as did so many others...
>
> But saying that, the N64 definitely wasn't a failure- it was the 5th
> best selling console of all time...if only it hadn't been released in
> the middle of SONY's never-ending reign.

Didn't attack the N64... best console ever. But it still doesn't have a large enough fan base to contine decent support.

Nebuchan wrote:
> Oh, and to prove I'm not just some fanboy, I actually owned a PSone,
> but never bought an N64...as did so many others...



Thats what i like to see... Cold hard proof.