The gameboy is a well established piece of gaming hardware in which millions were made and sold around the world. It's a household name. I can still insert a co

The gameboy is a well established piece of gaming hardware in which millions were made and sold around the world. It's a household name. I can still insert a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX into my Gameboy Color to this very day and it will run. It doesn't need an internet connection, account or subscription. I also have a fond memories of the gameboy and it's been a part of my life for damn near 30 years. Of course this means I have a whole draw full of gamboys and so does my brother. And it was right there in your hands, it was a part of you. You develop a fondness for those kind of things. They're also simple machines to program and pretty well documented. Contrast that to a passive IoT thing. It isn't front and center like a console so it isn't going to produce fond memories. In 20 years will anyone remember Sonos? Nest? Can someone dig it up, plug it in and start enjoying music again? I'm pretty sure those answers are "No." They just don't have the popularity or exposure the gameboy has and are quickly forgotten about.