wrote in message=20 I'll clear a few things up. Forget about the original GB. When GB = Color was released in 1998 the monochrome versions were quickly phased = out. Also, believe it not, Nintendo are having difficulty meeting = demand for GBC hardware - so no stockpiling craziness down at EB. IMO, the transition form GBC to GBA is almost exactly equivalent to = the transition form PS to PS2 - in both cases, backwardly compatible = consoles designed to replace massively popular but outdated hardware. I = imagine you won't be demanding EB stop stocking original PS hardware = come PS2 launch day...=20 Who's gonna buy PS hardware when PS2 is out? I dunno, but people will = (they are in Japan). I'm sure SONY intend PS and PS2 to co-exist for = some time. ------=_NextPart_000_00D7_01BFAC52.025FED00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Nonsense, GB original can still be bought at EB an = other=20 electronic stores. They still sell

them at Dixens in Heathrow Airport! They are = having=20 difficulty because of the Pokemon = craze.

GameBoy original is over 10 years old. Why are = they=20 stocking this still? Because they have

built to many of them! Nobody knows when we = will stop=20 stocking PS1 hardware, but I don't see

SCE selling them after 10 years! This is = a first=20 for SCE to release another system, so it's anyone's

guess what will happen. Do you know that = Nintendo still=20 sells Nintendo 8-bit and Super Nintendo

still? They haven't even phased these systems=20 out. They still officially support 5 different = systems! =20

Well, if a PS2 is selling at 200 and a PS1 at 100, I = would=20 spend the extra 100 and get a PS2.

It really is that logical. Is plays PS1 titles = with=20 better graphics and PS2 games along with

DVD movies. Now c'mon, some consumers are completely = brain=20 dead and they will buy PS1.

However, if you don't own a PS1 then buying a PS2 is = a damn=20 bargin!

George

"Derek da Silva" <dasi@eidosnet.co.uk> wrote = in message=20

I'll clear a few things up. = Forget about=20 the original GB. When GB Color was released in 1998 the = monochrome=20 versions were quickly phased out. Also, believe it not, Nintendo = are=20 having difficulty meeting demand for GBC hardware - so no stockpiling=20 craziness down at EB.

IMO, the transition form GBC = to GBA is=20 almost exactly equivalent to the transition form PS to PS2 - in = both=20 cases, backwardly compatible consoles designed to replace = massively=20 popular but outdated hardware. I imagine you won't be demanding = EB stop=20 stocking original PS hardware come PS2 launch day...

Who's gonna buy PS hardware = when PS2 is=20 out? I dunno, but people will (they are in Japan). I'm sure SONY intend PS and PS2 to co-exist for some=20 time.

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