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You make me happy, I'm glad you came. But why are you updated near enough a year after your initial release?
At work I served many children in the Xmas rush and sold them GBA's happy that they would be content with the Mario Kart I sold them. Its a superb game that lasts well.. forever.
Why this sudden anger that I feel then? Why have I suddenly picked up a stick and protest banner towards the new GBASP?
Its ok for me I guess, I am seventeen years old, a student at college who also works in a video games shop. I can afford to buy the GBASP and feel all 'cool' because I have the latest bit of kit, that looks superb. Yet, if I was one of the kids I served before Christmas wouldn't I feel a little hard done by the fact my 'new' GBA is outdated within a few months?
Erm.. yeah I would!
What then for little Timmy who picked up a GBA for Christmas? Well, he can live in the fact that he can still play the new games and he won't 'have' to upgrade, or he can still have another dream that for his birthday he will get the GBASP. When you are young, no matter what you want you normally get it, so you will always want something new every few weeks. I suppose the SP is just another 'something' kids will want.
Nintendo are superb at what they do. They are the only hardware company in the market to make profit through each hardware sale. They announced the SP and say it will be ready for release in March, which means its been ready for ages and they have been getting the marketing ready, they probably could have even released it before Xmas. What gives them the right to release it three months into the year and collect both the Xmas profit and the launch profit.
Competition gives them the right. I am starting to lower my 'against SP banner' everytime I look at the beautiful little SP and everytime I think that Nintendo are in the most volatile market there is around. They have planned this SP launch precisely to attract more attention to themselves in a key point of this year when Microsoft and Sony are doing... doing sod all.
Its going to be Nintendo's glory months of the year. March, April and May. I am really going to look forward to selling both the consoles and pushing the GBASP as much as I can. Its the difference between them that'll make the sales; the original GBA is a lot more a childish looking piece of hardware, where as the SP just looks so good it could fit in any businessmans pocket and he would feel proud to play it on the London Underground. Nintendo are becoming a more adult orientated company.
*drops the protest banner on the floor and goes back to playing Golden Sun*
I demand you all buy a new GBA, becuase you will look cooler and you can play it in any darkness, apart from when you have your eyes shut, but thats just stupid. I also demand you send little Jimmy £1.00 each, www.littlejimmyneedsanewgba.co.uk to help him raise the funds that'll keep him going through his puberty covered years.
Nintendo are brilliant at what they do. They are in the market to make money, they do this by giving us the best games. We are loyal to them because we know they will deliver. This was no coincedence that the GBASP will be released at this time in this year and all around the world.
Nintendo want a fight.
Nintendo are ready to fight.
They are sending out the big boys.
Thanks for reading.
er-no
At work I served many children in the Xmas rush and sold them GBA's happy that they would be content with the Mario Kart I sold them. Its a superb game that lasts well.. forever.
Why this sudden anger that I feel then? Why have I suddenly picked up a stick and protest banner towards the new GBASP?
Its ok for me I guess, I am seventeen years old, a student at college who also works in a video games shop. I can afford to buy the GBASP and feel all 'cool' because I have the latest bit of kit, that looks superb. Yet, if I was one of the kids I served before Christmas wouldn't I feel a little hard done by the fact my 'new' GBA is outdated within a few months?
Erm.. yeah I would!
What then for little Timmy who picked up a GBA for Christmas? Well, he can live in the fact that he can still play the new games and he won't 'have' to upgrade, or he can still have another dream that for his birthday he will get the GBASP. When you are young, no matter what you want you normally get it, so you will always want something new every few weeks. I suppose the SP is just another 'something' kids will want.
Nintendo are superb at what they do. They are the only hardware company in the market to make profit through each hardware sale. They announced the SP and say it will be ready for release in March, which means its been ready for ages and they have been getting the marketing ready, they probably could have even released it before Xmas. What gives them the right to release it three months into the year and collect both the Xmas profit and the launch profit.
Competition gives them the right. I am starting to lower my 'against SP banner' everytime I look at the beautiful little SP and everytime I think that Nintendo are in the most volatile market there is around. They have planned this SP launch precisely to attract more attention to themselves in a key point of this year when Microsoft and Sony are doing... doing sod all.
Its going to be Nintendo's glory months of the year. March, April and May. I am really going to look forward to selling both the consoles and pushing the GBASP as much as I can. Its the difference between them that'll make the sales; the original GBA is a lot more a childish looking piece of hardware, where as the SP just looks so good it could fit in any businessmans pocket and he would feel proud to play it on the London Underground. Nintendo are becoming a more adult orientated company.
*drops the protest banner on the floor and goes back to playing Golden Sun*
I demand you all buy a new GBA, becuase you will look cooler and you can play it in any darkness, apart from when you have your eyes shut, but thats just stupid. I also demand you send little Jimmy £1.00 each, www.littlejimmyneedsanewgba.co.uk to help him raise the funds that'll keep him going through his puberty covered years.
Nintendo are brilliant at what they do. They are in the market to make money, they do this by giving us the best games. We are loyal to them because we know they will deliver. This was no coincedence that the GBASP will be released at this time in this year and all around the world.
Nintendo want a fight.
Nintendo are ready to fight.
They are sending out the big boys.
Thanks for reading.
er-no
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The thing is though, it's not a new console. It's a new design, a light and no headphone socket. That's it. So GBA owners aren't getting too poor a deal. Anyway, will the SP now become the main GBA, or will they still sell the original?
Oh, and great post er-no :D.
Oh, and great post er-no :D.
I wasn't too confident before Christmas that the rumours of an all-new GameBoy system would ever come to be true anytime soon - especially not in 2003. So I was very close to asking for a GBA and games as my main present, but instead decided to go for a Mountain Bike and new Phone instead, just incase...
I'm glad I did that now, and I will be pre-ordering the GBA SP and games from SR as-soon-as-possible so I can get mine for my Birthday on the 31st - hopefully!
I persoanlly still think that it's too-early for Nintendo to release a new GameBoy, especially with the GameBoy Player also on its way this year.
I would've expected something like a backlight adapter or something to come from them that'd be easy to insert by yourself to rival the Afterburner that's shot-up through-the-roof... Untill now!
Poor little Jimmy.
Well done on the win, though.
I'm glad I did that now, and I will be pre-ordering the GBA SP and games from SR as-soon-as-possible so I can get mine for my Birthday on the 31st - hopefully!
I persoanlly still think that it's too-early for Nintendo to release a new GameBoy, especially with the GameBoy Player also on its way this year.
I would've expected something like a backlight adapter or something to come from them that'd be easy to insert by yourself to rival the Afterburner that's shot-up through-the-roof... Untill now!
Poor little Jimmy.
Well done on the win, though.
Well done er-no... good post ;)
I think I better get my thinking cap on and come up with something more original.
When it comes down to it Dringo. :P
As soon as i read this I knew the charm of it all would beat my rather wooden yet informative one in prime...
As John McClaine in Die Hard: Vendetta said:
"I hate being right."
As John McClaine in Die Hard: Vendetta said:
"I hate being right."
Cheers SR. xo! :D
Woah! Unexpected for sure.
Thats the way.
Anyways Gamezfreak as I explained.
Its what has to be done :)
Anyways Gamezfreak as I explained.
Its what has to be done :)
I will wait for SP to be released and then buy a knocked down price of the original.
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