How powerful will Nintendo's next handheld be?

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zorg1000 said:

curl-6 said:

Perhaps, I just expect the dedicated handheld market to continue to shrink as it has for the last few years under the assault of more affordable phone/tablet gaming. 3DS/Vita are down dramatically from DS/PSP and I see no reason why this trend would cease.

its equally as possible that the damage from smartphones/tablets has already been done and that dedicated handhelds have a new 70-100 million per generation baseline. 

It's possible, but do you have a likely explanation for why this the mobile encroachment into handheld territory would stall now?