There's no reason the PSP shouldn't have another five years of life -- it's a superb portable video/music player, and has built-in web access, affordable storage options, and fine games, so all it needs is another price cut. Remember, the market for handhelds is much bigger than the market for consoles -- about 4 billion people on the planet can afford PSPs, only 1.5 billion can afford the PS3.

That said, PSP2 is on its way -- my guess is, the first models will ship during fall of 2011. I'm hoping for (1) HD screens, (2) touchpads and (3) stylus controls of some sort.

One potential game-changer for handhelds: integrating motion sensors into the devices. This sounds like overkill, but a vast number of games would work wonderfully well if you could use a stylus or some other control sensor to point-and-click. The DS is a limited application of this, but it'd be nice to see some more innovation here.

True I agree some motion sensing would be cool, SOny already has the tech in some of their phone line up's for games and even to navigate through playlists and such using motion sensing....so I hope they impliment the same or better tech in the next psp

Ok, I'll break down by region.

America - 4 years 9 months to go - Selling 14k a week - pretty self explanatory, won't make 10 years unless they make a 3D add on, cut the price, redesign the model, have a massive marketing campaign, don't release a PSP2, hope the 3DS fails.

Japan - 4 Years 5 months to go - Selling 25k a week - This is the one place it can sustain sales in the long run, but with 3DS releasing the PSP can't survive another 4 and a half years, heck the 3DS will be getting old at this point 0_o

Others - 5 years 3 months to go - Selling 36k a week - It's strongest region atm, much younger and a lot longer to go though ...

By my understanding, a 10 year lifespan means it's still getting supported? If the PS2 isn't getting hardly any releases anymore, the PSP sure won't when it hits the same age.

If the PSP2 releases, the PSP will die a quick death regardless of price drops ect.

@ Mugen - No, I shall not 'wait and see'

My original point was that the "10 year plan is a joke"

Even if the PS3 does last 10 years, it will be because 3rd parties provide it with enough support that consumers want to buy it for 10 years, NOT because Sony planned it. If you're too damn lazy to read what I say, then you shouldn't respond at all, and I shall not put in the effort to sumarise it for you, so I'll just quote the one main point

"The length a console lasts can be shortened artificially by the developer, but it cannot be lengthened. In other words, a company can stop a willing market from being able to buy one console (in order to push them to buy the newer one) But it cannot force unwilling market to buy its console, and thus it can't extend the life of a console"

they already have deals for part, probably not ready yet, and PSP appear TGS if i recall correctly

RIPSP

Just because americans love to pirate psp games .it doesnt mean that the system failed. Thair is a world outside the US, belive or not.

1. X year plans are a joke. How long a platform will survive is solely up to support (both consumer & developer)

2. I've said it a million times already. The industry works on HYPE and MOMENTUM. When 3DS launches, noone will settle for a weaker platform (few settle for a higher spec HD platform due to Wii's momentum) like the PSP, or the DS for that matter. Both will die within a year from the launch of 3DS.

 i dont know about 3ds graphics, for example kid ikarus looks pretty bad, like a DS game.

Are you questioning the 20-year plan?!