In which universe?

If it didn't, what did?

The next generation doesn't begin until SONY says it does!

Oh, I see.....  Here I was with the mistaken assumption that it had something to do with first to market :(

The universe that saw the current generation's major competing platforms release in the order of DS, PSP, X360, PS3, Wii, iPhone.

well that settles that, Brett has spoken.

This

3DS starts the 8th Gen since it's the first 8th gen system, and sony has to accept the gen starts when Nintendo releases the 3DS.  3DS isn't a another Nintendo DS model by the way.

"PSP 2 will be launched very soon. A new model Nintendo DS will launch shortly after the PSP 2- say within a year."

lol, this thread is in a timewarp from before the 3DS announcement. The PSP2 is going to launch well after the 3DS, because the 3DS will launch in at least one region this year while they haven't even announced a PSP2 yet.

The PSP2 was delayed because it was based on Tegra 2, which if you've been following the news has been dropped from tens of high-profile products often in favour of Intel's CE4100, or those products have been cancelled (many tablets).

They'd do well to get the PSP2 within a year of the 3DS launch, and given Tegra 2 missed performance and power targets by a large margin they either need to drop it (expensive) or having very poor price/performance against the 3DS. Just like those tablets and smartphones have.

My guess is...

3DS: Q4 2010

PSP2: 2H 2011

Wii 2: Q4 2011

PS4/XB3: Q4 2012 or later