Look right, I can remember retro g*mers making jokes about the Game Gear being 2big and 2heavy back in the day, probably in the 2000s. Classic Game Room watchers remember. Same for the Lynx. The Wii U's tea tray controller was derided for being beeeeg. I can also recall people saying that the PS Vita was kinda large back when it came out, which tbf it is pushing the definition of "pocketable" for the boys and takes up a lot of purse space.
It sort of felt like reality broke down in 2017. The first thing I did when the Switch was announced was make a joke about putting a Game Gear in your pocket, but suddenly nobody else gave a damn that the Switch is like ten inches long. Most dildos are not that long.... I get that it's a hybrid, but suddenly the dynamic shifted from "if it can't fit my dude pockets it's no good!" to "aw yeah bruh just get a hardcase and throw it in a backpack!" I do support backpack gang, but you almost may as well get a laptop at that point.
Handheld size has become progressively more comical over the years though, with my favourite example being the Steam Deck which is actually considerably longer than a Wii U Gamepad at an XL 13" Tell ya what, I couldn't fit that!!
I'm not really against the existence of larger handhelds on its own, I have long fingers and a DS Lite or PS Vita will give me handcramps sometimes. But it's like a weirder version of when all phones became "phablets" and impossible to use with one hand, suddenly all handhelds are as big as the Wii U pad. (Switch Lite excluded, though it's still larger than a Vita) It also seems like the PS Vita and 3DS primed everyone to accept hilariously short battery life? The PSP 3000/Go and DS Lite/DSi could get anywhere from 8 to 20 hours depending on your settings, that was awesome. The 3DS and Vita won't hold out for more than three hours under duress, though. Most modern portable PCs have worse battery than that, even...
I guess I'm just wondering wha happun??? I know there's a large contingent of people who never take handhelds outside the house anyway (based) and just use them on the couch, but I don't think the Deck would be much more pleasant to handle in an armchair or whatever. That's one thicc-ass boi.
The GBA was peak handheld tech. I had the SP too but honestly still preferred the OG over it.
The SP had a vastly superior screen, but the ergonomics were way better on the OG for my gorilla hands
The OG was comfy but MY GAWD was it ever impossible to see ANYTHING in Castlevania…
Konami's team really did just say "Skill issue. Why don't you have night vision? Nerd."
“Just twist that screw underneath the WARRANTY VOID IF BROKEN seal to make it brighter dawg it’s easy”
Oh dang can you actually turn up the brightness/gain on an original GBA? Today I Learned!!
Ou dude you can but it’s DAMGER! It changes the depth of the screen to the back of the unit, which makes the image much more see-able. It voids warranty and it super touchy. BUT NOW YOU CAN PLAY CASTLEVANIA
Bro, dude, broseph. All GBA warranties are void, it sounds like it'd be more worthwhile to just do an SP swap though.
Oh I was talking about warranty voiding in-lore, like when it first came out and I sold almost all of my Pokémon carts and GBC to get one.
i’ve made some mistakes in my life but