Machine is fine. If however I believe the intent is "why didn't the PSP smash the DS to pieces". That's another easy answer.
UMD, Price, Size, Battery Life.
UMD. You would need to be brain dead to not notice the removal of disc storage. With tech going from CD to MP3 why would you want to put in a disc? Name a current portable popular tech that uses a disc? just the PSP.
Size. Too big for practical portability. Have a foldout keyboard and have done with it.
Battery Life. The initial battery life was atrocious. Considering it was expected to carry a spare battery or battery charger which in itself was a battery is a testament to bad battery life. While the issue have improved in such cases the launch left a permanent impact.
Price. People don't mind spending $600 on the iphone, $300 on an iTouch/Archos. Instead it's price in association with the above issues.
The real problem. People who think since the PSP is not a DS killer that it's a failure. NGage proved to make cash. PSP is doing better than the NGage. Where the problem? people.
Squilliam: On Vgcharts its a commonly accepted practice to twist the bounds of plausibility in order to support your argument or agenda so I think its pretty cool that this gives me the precedent to say whatever I damn well please.
