I think most would agree that the PSP is way ahead of the DS, in terms of power, and impressive technology. That's what I'm getting at. It seems like a big tech upgrade from the DS -- it has that going for it.
As I said, I think a large portion of the extra sales in Japan were due to this fact (in addition to great titles like Monster Hunter) -- the Japanese love new tech more than the West does IMO, but that doesn't mean it won't have an effect in the West as well at some point.
"Wait... *tilts head* didn't Sony just release PSP 3000, which would in fact mean the same thing from Sony... so technically it could work vice versa where PSP only owners just upgrade to a DS... >_>"
I think that will certainly be true in a few cases, but the DS is probably a lot closer to market saturation than the PSP is, and I think the PSP stands to benefit a lot more from this effect.
