Why did the Atari Lynx lose to the Gameboy.

[Slystallion]

I never really cared for the gameboy and never bought the Lynx and honestly can vaguely if at all remember it being in Toys R Us...but it was legit way more powerful than anything the gameboy could do

I think I got a Sega game gear once as a consolation for the 3do being way out of my mom's price range...Yet nintendo beat the shyt out of that too...I even remember they had a portable Genesis that you could put the cartridges in around the time may Playstation was already out?

This article has some cool images and background on the battle

https://www.usgamer.net/articles/to...is-lynx-remains-a-fan-favorite-25-years-later

"I don't think [Atari] really could have done anything, really," says Origin Lead Writer Craig Harris, former editor of IGN Pocket. "We can play armchair quarterback and play the 'better games and cheaper price' retrospective game, but Nintendo was king of the gaming mountain back then and hit it big with an inexpensive system that offered Nintendo games in black and white. Oh, and Tetris."
When it came to arcade conversions like Double Dragon, Rampart, Rygar, and S.T.U.N. Runner, Lynx was untouchable in the portable space. But was that what consumers really wanted in a handheld system?

 

[Pifford]

I've never even seen one IRL, but I bet that like the Gamegear, the battery life was .

The NeoGeo Pocket color was the GOAT non Nintendo handheld of the day, but it came out much later.

 

[Liquid]

ATARI

 

[Maddmike]

Battery life and add to the fact nikkaz was already addicted to mario,zelda, and tetris that brought in the older crowd....shyt my mom had a gameboy...

 

[Kingshango]

Motherfukkin TETRIS!

 

[MewTwo]

This is a testament that the most powerful hardware doesn't always win. Yet idiots want Nintendo to make a Playstation 4-level console. It's not necessary. It's all about the games.

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

Battery life, price and games. If I remember correctly six AA batteries.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Motherfukkin TETRIS!

That's what made GB the greatest. Atari Lynx had good games but no tetris. Plus, iirc, GB came out before Lynx. And the Lynx was much larger than the GB.

 

[bigrice25]

the Lynx was very expensive right? from what i remember, that's what stopped me from asking my moms to get me one...

 

[TransJenner]

Cuz Nintendo

 

[Deltron]

same reason why all handhelds have lost to nintendo's ultimately

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

Bulky
Even in color screen wasnt that clear to see
Battery life was harsh with 6 double As

 

[Sypress]

Screen was shyt

 

[Mowgli]

I never really cared for the gameboy and never bought the Lynx and honestly can vaguely if at all remember it being in Toys R Us...but it was legit way more powerful than anything the gameboy could do

I think I got a Sega game gear once as a consolation for the 3do being way out of my mom's price range...Yet nintendo beat the shyt out of that too...I even remember they had a portable Genesis that you could put the cartridges in around the time may Playstation was already out?

This article has some cool images and background on the battle

Too Powerful for Its Own Good, Atari's Lynx Remains a Favorite 25 Years Later

"I don't think [Atari] really could have done anything, really," says Origin Lead Writer Craig Harris, former editor of IGN Pocket. "We can play armchair quarterback and play the 'better games and cheaper price' retrospective game, but Nintendo was king of the gaming mountain back then and hit it big with an inexpensive system that offered Nintendo games in black and white. Oh, and Tetris."
When it came to arcade conversions like Double Dragon, Rampart, Rygar, and S.T.U.N. Runner, Lynx was untouchable in the portable space. But was that what consumers really wanted in a handheld system?

Let's use some common sense here and examine two words during that time .

Atari
Nintendo.

What were people more likely to gravitate to?


Atari didn't make it easier on themselves with that trash system

 

[KravenMorehead™]

why are the buttons so spaced out?