It really bugs me how every piece of news has to include a tidbit about smartphones competing with handheld consoles. So far we haven't seen anything to back it up, all we've seen is people assuming lower DS sales are a result of a growing smartphone market. But software support for the DS has been decreasing for quite some time now, we haven't had a 10 million seller since 2008 or so and it's reasonable to assume that developers pulled their DS resources in late 2009 to focus on the 3DS. Additionally Nintendo isn't skimming (dropping) prices.
If smartphones truly are a threat to Nintendo's and Sony's handheld business, fine. But so far all claims seem to be based on slowing DS sales... and those are clearly a result of slowing support and the age of the hardware.
