Dumpster vol. 2

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The PSP won't have a big impact because it's aiming at a different audience. Oh, sure, the GBA is growing in popularity among older gamers, but the PSP is exclusively for them and is going for the 'multi-function' thing that gives it a high price... I agree with Nintendo, it's a different market. And one that is far more likely to have multiple systems too I think... I'm don't think the PSP will in the first six months at least hurt GBA much at all. Nintendo evidently agrees... they aren't aiming for a new GB right at the PSP launch. And given how determined they are to get the N5 out at the same time as the PS3, that says a lot.

That's baloney. When Nintendo was prepping the Gamecube they also said that they didn't consider it to be directly competiting with the PS2 and X-Box, and look how wrong they were. Most game sales come from adults, so Nintendo definitely has a lot to be worried about.

As for this thing, again, I wonder how much it could compete with the PSP unless it's a handheld... and if it's a handheld, how would it not be a replacement for the GBA?

I don't know what Nintendo means by that, but Iwata made it clear that it is going to somehow help Nintendo combat the PSP.

Yes, the GBA is far superior hardware, but it's got a smaller screen size so SNES ports are compromised in that way. And they don't generally boost the graphics of SNES GBA ports anyway so that's not an issue...

Games made for a full TV screen look better on that than on the small size of a GBA. Especially when you're displaying them on a TV!

You've obviously never played something like Golden Sun or Mario & Luigi on a GBA Player if you really believe that. True, they do have a slightly lower resolution than SNES games, but everything else makes them look better than any SNES title.