Started by Kaito Morimoto (@kaito_m) ·
lateral thinking with withered technology
Yokoi's idea was to use cheap, well-understood tech in new ways instead of chasing the cutting edge. The Game Boy had a worse screen than the Game Gear or the Lynx and beat both easily, partly because it ran for ages on four AA batteries. People still point to the DS and the Wii as the same thinking.
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How I got here
- Started with
- “gunpei yokoi withered technology philosophy”
- Ended at
- “why did game boy beat game gear and lynx”
The Trail
- “gunpei yokoi withered technology philosophy” (google.com)
- Gunpei Yokoi (en.wikipedia.org)
- Game & Watch (en.wikipedia.org)
he got the idea watching a bored businessman on a train fiddle with an LCD calculator
- Game Boy (en.wikipedia.org)
- Virtual Boy (en.wikipedia.org)
the one time the philosophy didn't save him
- “why did game boy beat game gear and lynx” (reddit.com)
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