Another post on here about the DS not yet hitting it's peak, got me thinking.....

What's to stop both the DS and PSP continuing for a long time?

Both have good sized user bases now...although obviously the DS has double the PSP's number.  Between them, they have near 65m.  Whereas the 360, Wii and PS3 combined have less than the PSP alone.

Both Nintendo and Sony could sit tight and let them grow for years to come.  They will be making money for both.  They sales are still very strong; excessively so for the DS.  And they are now both at a very affordable level.

The library of games for both now is very extensive.  The games are relatively cheap to make in comparison to the next gen and can be produced quicker as well.

The PSP had a good year last year, but in all honesty, I can see it selling more this year especially if the rumoured redesign is to be released later on this year.

The DS is just getting stronger all the time; and the sales seem to get better all the time.

Also, on a final note.  They haven't yet been out for 3 years, yet have sold 65m worldwide.  High costs of next generation units along with Nintendo's ability not to quite meet demand, could push up sales even more so.

I reckon we have yet to see the peaks of both these handhelds and I wouldn't at all be surprised, if they are still selling well in 3, 4 or even 5 years time. 

Your right I think, both have the lasting ability to carry on for quite a while longer. Anybody with estimates of what these will reach before they are discontinued? Im going with DS 150 million and PSP 70 million.

I'd agree, Davey, the PSP isn't going anywhere. The machine is different enough from the DS to secure itself a strong user base and solid list of titles for a long time to come.

If PSP is already hitting its peak, then it stands no chance in defeating the Nintendo DS. Then again, that was proven a long time ago.

The PSP has got no chance of ever selling more than the DS now. Unless Nintendo stopped making the DS tomorrow.

Anyway, going on current sales, I reckon the total sales for each handheld will be at the end of the year.

Nintendo DS - 58m

Sony PSP - 27.5m

The PSP's best market is Europe.  It is selling around 315k a month on average.  It's only selling 215k a month in NA and only 145k a month in Japan.

So start giving us the games first!!! 

This thread is the exact opposite of this thread: http://vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=2366 Amazing how two threads, so identical, yet so opposite, could be made in almost the exact same time.

They could keep going on and on with more iterations...

psp will get it`s peak after SH:origins, Gow:CO, FF7:CC, FF7BC, FF:disidia, + some other Big games got released. =) so, it`s probably will rock in 2008, and not to mention, some redisign of psp. :)

I'm pretty sure FF7BC is a game for mobile phones. I'm also pretty sure that even Square Enix doesn't have so much love for Sony that they'd give PSP 2 FF7 games and none for DS. I reckon end sales will be DS at 100 million and PSP at 40 million. Sony themselves have projected 9 million sales this year, I think down from 12 million the previous year.

Anyway, going on current sales, I reckon the total sales for each handheld will be at the end of the year. Nintendo DS - 58m More like 65million, I'd say. They had only shipped 40 million units through the end of March, and now sit at 43 million. That's a rate of 30 million units a year, based on doing half their business in Nov/Dec. So they should reach 50 million before the holidays, and then sell 15 million during the holidays.