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Hardware or software: What matters more?

Bobinator · 2013-04-26T21:39:17Z

This is a question that's been argued a lot around here lately, and I'd like to know your thoughts. I'd break it down like this: Hardware: This is what you actually play the game on, and for this, I would factor in the build quality, the reliability of the system, and maybe the actual power of the system itself. I would say this is what matters more for the hardcore game collectors. Personally, I've never held much importance in this. I don't have a lot of space or money for other systems and computers, so I prefer to emulate, which basically removes the 'hardware' aspect of the equation entirely. Software: This, personally, is what I think matters more. Sure, hardware is important, but in the long run, when it's harder to find the proper hardware, and emulation gets so much easier to use, this is what matters in the long run. You can have a powerful system, but if you don't have the games to match up with the competition, in the long run, you're going to lose. At least, that's how I see it. For those of us who are strictly in this for the games (like me), this is what wins contests for ANY system. Let me put this as an example. The Lynx is the more powerful system. Technically, it beats out the Game Boy in nearly every way. I will admit that. However. The Game Boy, despite its technical shortcomings, wins because it has a much larger library, with a larger variety of genres, with products that I myself feel are generally more polished.

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Hardware helped the GameBoy destroy the Lynx. Before anyone says what!

Ask yourself, what did the Nintendo GB have on the hardware side that outperformed every other handheld cart based system.

The only think I can think of is battery life because it didn't hold a candle to the Lynx on anything else hardware-wise.Â I think it was the software selection that helped the GB, not the hardware.

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Posted : 29/04/2013 12:23 am

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Hardware helped the GameBoy destroy the Lynx. Before anyone says what!

Ask yourself, what did the Nintendo GB have on the hardware side that outperformed every other handheld cart based system.

The only think I can think of is battery life because it didn't hold a candle to the Lynx on anything else hardware-wise.Â I think it was the software selection that helped the GB, not the hardware.

I think the low price had a lot to do with it too.

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Posted : 29/04/2013 12:35 am

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Hardware helped the GameBoy destroy the Lynx. Before anyone says what!

Ask yourself, what did the Nintendo GB have on the hardware side that outperformed every other handheld cart based system.

The only think I can think of is battery life because it didn't hold a candle to the Lynx on anything else hardware-wise.Â I think it was the software selection that helped the GB, not the hardware.

I think the low price had a lot to do with it too.

It was indeed cheaper, so people probably didn't care it was B&W.

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Posted : 29/04/2013 12:37 am

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Battery life was my answer, TrekMD. It is still funny to think, that Nintendo would not release a true GameBoy Color, until it could match the battery life of the original GB.

I agree. Software and a cheaper price tag could only help sales.

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Posted : 29/04/2013 3:47 am

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Hardware helped the GameBoy destroy the Lynx. Before anyone says what!

Ask yourself, what did the Nintendo GB have on the hardware side that outperformed every other handheld cart based system.

I like this question! :4:

My answer: A Nintendo logo.

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Posted : 29/04/2013 4:05 am

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:21: That is true!

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Posted : 29/04/2013 4:11 am

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Hardware helped the GameBoy destroy the Lynx. Before anyone says what!

Ask yourself, what did the Nintendo GB have on the hardware side that outperformed every other handheld cart based system.

I like this question! 😉

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