Tech Fails: You thought it was gonna be next big thing

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Shyt was piff for about 3yrs

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its actually kinda suprising gameboy killed the others so bad. i mean i had a gameboy and i loved it, but really it just seems like it shouldn't have dominated like it did. it really is just very strange.
 

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its actually kinda suprising gameboy killed the others so bad. i mean i had a gameboy and i loved it, but really it just seems like it shouldn't have dominated like it did. it really is just very strange.

I think a lot of it had to do with market share and battery life, you can't reasonably expect someone to buy a pack of batteries every few days, and after awhile it had such a head start that no one else could gain a foothold.
GameBoy
GameBoy color
GameBoy Advance
DS
DSXL
AND NOW 3Ds
Killed off so many systems it could be considered war crimes
Game gear
Nomad
Lynx
N gage
Neo Geo pocket
Psp
I'm sure I'm forgetting some.
It's funny I had a GBA and a DS and I couldn't really get into either one
 

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I have 2, with the Sega master system, and tv antennea adaptors. I even think I have a gear to gear cable somewhere smh lol.

again, it shyt all over gameboy tech wise. No idea why it didn't blow up.

As good technologically as the Game Gear was, it had a fairly small library and the thing ate like 6 AA batteries and it lasted for maybe an hour or two.

Say what you want about the old gameboy but parents are gonna buy something that is 1/2 the price, and only needs 4 AA batteries that lasted you nearly a month. Plus, that Legend of Zelda game sort of crushed the buildings as well. Actually that little spinach green screen had a very good library of games.
 

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My pops copped the 70 inch 3D LCD flat screen last year as a retirement gift for himself. Had the dope glasses and everything

I'm :to: because he cant enjoy it since they're not releasing enough flicks.

Resident Evil was :wow: tho
 

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My pops copped the 70 inch 3D LCD flat screen last year as a retirement gift for himself. Had the dope glasses and everything

I'm :to: because he cant enjoy it since they're not releasing enough flicks.

Resident Evil was :wow: tho

What cable provider he using?

I know comcast just recently added(or I'm just noticing) a few 3D channels plus alot more sports are starting to broadcast in 3D plus video games too

I'm not a fan personally cause I got a headache trying to watch a NBA game but the other people in my house use it and like it

I wouldn't even call 3DTVs a failure,it just hasn't hit it's stride it

It's kinda like the early days of HDTV when you only had a few shows,channels,or sporting events to choose from

I remember I got a HDTV when they first came out and comcast only had like 3 or 4 HD channels and mist of the stuff that came on was in SD or upcoverted to 480p :snoop:

Just wait til a few years from now when they have more 3D channels and tv shows,cartoons, etc are being broadcasted in 3D
 

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My pops copped the 70 inch 3D LCD flat screen last year as a retirement gift for himself. Had the dope glasses and everything

I'm :to: because he cant enjoy it since they're not releasing enough flicks.

Resident Evil was :wow: tho
I wouldn't call it a flop just yet, but I do wish we had more media for it.
I just downloaded a 3D movie to watch on my Vizio
I have a bunch of 3D games too, playing Gears in 3D is dope, I wish Redbox would have 3D rentals, I don't want to buy a crap movie just to watch it in 3D
Edit: First platinum thread :hulu:
 

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Only one I can remotely claim is owning a Dreamcast...
I personally didn't consider or to be a failure because I enjoyed the fukk outta it
 

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Only one I can remotely claim is owning a Dreamcast...
I personally didn't consider or to be a failure because I enjoyed the fukk outta it
nikka that system was so loud it'd wake the fam up Saturday mornings when I was playing hella early. shyt sounded like territorial cats :sadcam:
 

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nikka that system was so loud it'd wake the fam up Saturday mornings when I was playing hella early. shyt sounded like territorial cats :sadcam:

That beeping from the vmu s when they ran out of batteries was unbearable
 

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That beeping from the vmu s when they ran out of batteries was unbearable

How dope was the vmu though? There was a game you could play that came from soul calibur.

Also, can we talk about NBA/NFL 2K on dial-up?? shyt wasn't even that bad.
 
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