Editing Game.com (section)

===Game.com Pocket Pro===
Because of poor sales with the original Game.com, Tiger developed an updated version known as the Game.com Pocket Pro.<ref name=Roars/><ref name=FT>{{cite news |title=Tiger unleashes Game.com Pocket Pro |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/175997159/ |work=Florida Today |date=July 14, 1999 |access-date=September 8, 2018|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name=Journal/> The console was shown at the [[American International Toy Fair]] in February 1999,<ref>{{cite web |last=Lockwood Tooher |first=Nora |title=Hasbro celebrates |url=https://nl.newsbank.com/ |website=Providence Journal |access-date=September 14, 2018 |date=February 14, 1999 |url-access=subscription |via=NewsLibrary |archive-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604174101/http://nl.newsbank.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was later shown along with several future games at E3 in May 1999.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Sam |title=Tiger Shows New Game.com Lineup |url=http://headline.gamespot.com:80/news/99_05/24_vg_tiger/index.html |work=GameSpot |date=May 24, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000129192914/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_05/24_vg_tiger/index.html |archive-date=January 29, 2000 |access-date=October 9, 2023 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Game.com Pocket Pro had been released by June 1999,<ref name=Sun>{{cite web |last=O'Neal |first=Denise I. |title=Toys hold kids' interest indoors |url=https://nl.newsbank.com/ |website=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=September 14, 2018 |date=June 11, 1999 |url-access=subscription |via=NewsLibrary |archive-date=June 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190604174101/http://nl.newsbank.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> with a retail price of $29.99.<ref name=Sun/><ref name=Roars/> The new console was available in five different colors: green, orange, pink, purple, and teal.<ref name=Sun/><ref name=Roars/>

Although it lacked color like its predecessor,<ref name=Roars/><ref name=Journal>{{cite news |title=Finally, a serious player prepares to go head-to-head with Game Boy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/163416313/ |work=[[The Journal News]] |date=July 8, 1999 |access-date=September 8, 2018|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription }}</ref> the Pocket Pro was reduced in size to be equivalent to the [[Game Boy Pocket]].<ref name="Roars">{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/stream/GamePro_Issue_120_July_1999#page/n45/mode/1up|title=Tiger Roars|date=July 1999|magazine=[[GamePro]]|access-date=September 8, 2018|page=42}}</ref> The screen size was also reduced, and the new console featured only one cartridge slot.<ref name=AG/> Unlike the original Game.com, the Pocket Pro required only two AA batteries.<ref name=Sun/><ref>{{cite web |title=Game.com Pocket Pro user guide |url=https://archive.org/details/tiger-gamecom-pocket-pro |website=[[Archive.org]] |access-date=September 14, 2018}}</ref> The Game.com Pocket Pro included a phone directory, a calendar and a calculator, but lacked Internet capabilities.<ref name=FT/><ref>{{cite news |title=Game.com, Bloody Roar get A ratings |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/328142141/ |work=Tampa Bay Times |date=August 16, 1999 |access-date=September 8, 2018|via=Newspapers.com|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

The Game.com Pocket Pro's primary competitor was the [[Game Boy Color]].<ref name=Rep>{{cite news |last=Reparaz |first=Mikel |title=The Top 7... failingest handhelds |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/the-top-7-failingest-handhelds/3/ |work=GamesRadar |date=March 29, 2011 |access-date=October 9, 2023 |archive-date=September 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902125103/https://www.gamesradar.com/the-top-7-failingest-handhelds/3/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Despite [[#Games|several games]] based on popular franchises, the Game.com console line failed to sell in large numbers,<ref name=Rep/><ref name=Sili>{{cite news |title=Tiger Electronics returns with new gaming hardware |url=https://www.siliconera.com/2007/09/11/tiger-electronics-returns-with-new-gaming-hardware/ |work=[[Siliconera]] |date=September 11, 2007 |access-date=September 18, 2018}}</ref> and was discontinued in 2000 because of poor sales.<ref name=bgr/> The Game.com was a commercial failure,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/14-video-game-consoles-youve-probably-never-heard-of-2016-8?r=US&IR=T/ |work=[[Business Insider]] |last=Mulkerin |first=Tim |title=13 video game consoles you've probably never heard of |date=August 8, 2016|access-date=September 7, 2018}}</ref> with less than 300,000 units sold, although the idea of a touchscreen would later be used successfully in the [[Nintendo DS]], released in 2004.<ref name=Wired/><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Vore|first=Brian|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2011/12/23/what-the-3ds-circle-pad-add-on-shares-with-history-39-s-silliest-portable-consoles.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919024803/https://www.gameinformer.com/index.php/b/features/archive/2011/12/23/what-the-3ds-circle-pad-add-on-shares-with-history-39-s-silliest-portable-consoles.aspx|url-status=live|archive-date=September 19, 2018|title=What The 3DS Circle Pad Add-On Shares With History's Silliest Portable Consoles|date=December 23, 2011|magazine=[[Game Informer]]|access-date=September 18, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Damien|first=McFerran|url=https://www.techradar.com/news/how-we-got-to-the-switch-a-brief-history-of-nintendo-controllers/2|title=How we got to the Switch: a brief history of Nintendo controllers|date=October 29, 2016|work=[[TechRadar]]|access-date=September 18, 2018}}</ref>