Well JDWolf36 said what I was going to say. There is no way the PSP is reaching 67 million. We'll get a better idea after this Christmas of where it will end up. If PSP sales decline again it won't break 45 million (if it even breaks 40 million). We'll also see if the DS can take off in the US like it has in Japan. It looked like it may have last Christmas but Nintendo clearly underestimated US sales.
It' been argued before but Deguello's first couple paragraphs cover why the PSP isn't lauded as some huge success. Had Sony been more humble and said their plan was to give young male gamers a super handheld that will do well to just break 20 million then it would have been different. However, Sony was anything but humble and as a handheld that was supposed to monkeystomp the DS the way the PS1&2 did the N64/GCN the PSP is certainly not a success.
The PSP's sales also aren't anything surprising. The Game Gear sold almost 11 million or 1.8 million a year while it was on the market. The Gameboy sold about 7 million a year during its 10 year run. So the GG had about 20% while it was around. It would actually be higher if you compared the first 3 or so years when the GG actually sold since the Gameboy's sales were fairly even across time while the Game Gear died out after a couple of years. Don't forget that the DS isn't the only competition, the GBA is still selling. Check out the sales graph of DS/GBA/PSP, the DS/GBA has sold over 60 million since late 2005 while the PSP has sold just over 20 million. In other words in the first few years the PSP is doing about as well as the Game Gear. It remains to be seen if the PSP will do better after 3 years than the GG.
@kber
So what's wrong with Nintendo bringing gaming out of the ghetto in which Sony wishes to confine it?
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