GBA not dead yet, says Miyamoto

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via CVG

Despite there being very little talk about GBA nowadays, Nintendo honcho Shigeru Miyamoto insists there's still life in the single-screen handheld.

Speaking to Kotaku, Miyamoto says the hardware is still selling well (doesn't every human on earth own seven by now?) and because of that Nintendo is still supplying hardware to the market.

But he goes on to admit that Nintendo's focus has shifted to newer platforms. "[Nintendo's] internal development teams have their hands full with creating content for Wii and DS. We're focusing on that and not creating new software for the GBA at this time."

But he cites the GBA's huge library of games as the key factor that's keeping the old handheld going. "There are still a lot of games on the platform that the current consumer still have not played so there's still life in it yet."

But if you're on the look out for new games, your choices are limited. Crash of the Titans, Avatar: The Last Airbender and a few other movie-licensed games are all that's to come in the foreseeable future.

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it may not be dead.
but it is indeed dying.