Is the PSP dying?

[Procrastinato]

griffinA said:

Procrastinato said:
PSP software also tends to cost more (a fair amount more, even) than DS software, which generally tends to yield more profit/unit, along with more revenue/unit.

The PSP is doing fine. Its a premium handheld -- its ridiculous to expect it to hold even 50% marketshare relative to a cheaper handheld like the DS, or to have an attach rate equal to the cheaper-software DS. It fits very well into the space that Nintendo didn't really occupy with the DS.

If the PSP held even around 40% markshare, its net software profits might equal or exceed that of the DS, even with the current attach rate, and Nintendo would be seriously considering releasing a new handheld to compete.

The argument that the PSP is expensive and therefore sells less than the DS is becoming less and less tenable as the PSP becomes cheaper. Right now the PSP-3000 and the DSi are the same price. Granted, there is the cheaper DS lite, but no one buys the DS lite anymore. It seems that DS customers don't mind paying the extra money for the handheld.

Do you have some info to back up your "DSi, by itself, sells more than PSP" claim?  I kinda think the DSLite is still the hotness, and that the DSi is just gravy.