The Nintendo SP (GameBoy Advance SP) was incredibly popular. You cannot convince me that was not a top selling system. It introduced us to to the idea of a DS!
Wow... I thought I would do better. 15/26 I forgot about gameboy series and I tried "Play Station Handheld" couldnt think of the title for the life of me. I forgot about super nintendo and N64 as well... all the others I missed I wouldn't have gotten. I'm disappointed in myself.
Actually, the Switch has now had the best worldwide first year sales in the history of gaming consoles. I can't find figures for the full first year, but given we've just gotten there, they are probably still coming. Nonetheless, the first 9 months (14.7 million) already saw it pass the first year sales of the Wii (13.7 million) and the PS4 (13.5 million). It also means it took less than 9 months to beat lifetime sales of the Wii U.
I am not much of a game player, but I had a friend who had a Turbo Graphics. I remember the only good game was a one player game, sort of like Mario but with a caveman characater. I had no idea it was so rare.
I think that going forward consoles will sell less and less well as the world turns more and more to mobile gaming and other forms of entertainment like tablet computers and smart TVs, in addition to the fact that entertainment markets continue to get increasingly fractured and niche. I doubt that any future system will ever outsell the PS2.
Interesting. I had the perception that the opposite was true, with console gaming becoming more popular, especially due to the pandemic when everyone was rushing to buy one. Now that I think about it though, I guess mobile gaming definitely has an advantage in affordability and access though, especially in developing countries.
Regardless of what's more popular in the next few years, I'm guessing that several decades from now, everything will be VR.
No but it was called the PC-Engine in Japan and Europe. There was also a handheld version called the Turbo Express, or PC Engine GT. It sold better in Japan than anywhere else.
The PC Engine GT was a very expensive console. It was called "the rolls royce of the handheld consoles". Actually, with it, we were able to play to all the game of the classic PC Engine, but without a TV. A bit like with the Sega Nomad for the Genesis.
Yeah.. but damn.. it came out only a year after the original Nintendo Game Boy and it SO completely outclassed the Game Boy in terms of graphics and technology. I really wanted one. But $250 for a handheld console was a lot in 1990.
It might be a good idea to update this quiz sometime in the near future. Nintendo Switch sales have absolutely exploded since the beginning of the pandemic, and the Wikipedia article used as the source said they've sold 84.6 million copies now--just below PS3.
Just missed out on the Game Gear. Can't say I'm surprised or disappointed. I think I've played a grand total of 1 Game Gear game emulated and never seen the console.
Come now, some of us here had NES and one of those hand held little boxes with all included (screen, joystick..) & just the big stupid monkey throwing barrels. I even forget what that thing was called. You're spring chicken in comparison.
I remember when the PSX was being advertised for pre-release in Game and HMV here in the UK. It looked so modern and fancy, thought it was going to be the biggest thing ever... It wasn't...
Rip the Turbografix 16, no joke, I wrote Coleco, Intelivision, Nomad, Playdate, Pippin, Sg1000, and Commodore 64. Had I had more time, I feel like I would have said Lynx before it.
It was getting hard, but in the end I remembered TurboGrafx-16 as one if my random guesses.
<(^_^)>
Regardless of what's more popular in the next few years, I'm guessing that several decades from now, everything will be VR.
for 5 answers
Ah yes, the Game Body Advance.