Quote Originally Posted by BetaWolf47 View Post
Timing has nothing to do with it. The original Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Neo-Geo Pocket Color, and Game Gear all have a headphone jack. It was a design choice.
I seem to remember the statement at the time was that they were "forced" by the size to forgo a headphone jack, and my response was about timing (meaning, designing and releasing before technology has developed enough to allow certain features at a certain price point) was a reaction to this. If this wasn't the case, well, wtf?