said by TZi 
: said by stet :Did you know that the GameBoy originally launched with only 4 games, and it took over 6 months for more to come out? And guess what, the GameBoy platform went on to be the most popular platform for video games, ever.
Yes, but when the original GameBoy launched it was the only portable game system around. So even if they totally screwed up the original gameboy launch (which nintendo has done with every system after the NES IMHO) they still succeeded.
The new game boy has three major things going against it:
1. No software: kinda hard to convince someone to buy a new system so few games, sony certainly has the licensee advantage here.
2. Demographics: Most gameboy owners probably prefer their playstion over their gamecube, so if given the choice most will probably go with sony.
3. Competition: Not only does this unit have to compete with sony, but nokia (well kind of), and even the old SP units still being sold.
Given those three factors, nintendo can ill afford to botch a launch lest they lose their last niche portable sector of the market to sony.
you shouldtn call it the new gameboy since nintendo has stated many times they are still developing another upgraded gameboy that will completely seperate from the DS
