Why have the Japanese gone handheld crazy over the last few years?

[stellabelg]

JGarret said:

stellabelg said:
Because their are now two handhelds with both great games?

 

 I believe it´s more than just that, it seems they started favoring handhelds before this explosion of good games for the little systems.

 

Don't miss the gameboy. It is still the most sold handheld/console ever in Japan and it sold a lot of software. Also every handheld before the DS/PSP was aimed at the children/young teens ok there were games that adults loved like tetris but the DS and PSP (and especially DS) sell well for all ages and it is quite more handy to take a DS or PSP with ya on the train/car/to school then a console.