I am talking about console market versus handheld market since the handhelds had at least 1 year head start before this current generation console started.

So I am just wondering guys whats your prediction?

When will combine sales of the console surpass the combine sales of the handhelds?

Well since the ds is going to sell *puts pinky to corner of mouth* 1 BILLION UNITS! It might take a while. Seriously though since all three are selling at a very nice pace probably not too long.

probably never because of the DS's consistently high weekly sales

DS and PSP are only about 47 million units ahead. All 3 home consoles are doing great right now and look to do just incredible this year. The DS is the only real contributer to the handheld sales and if you go by the most recent holiday stats then you have yourself a home console victory by almost a million units in one week. The DS may not do as well this year as it did in 2009, same goes for the PSP. If you look at the consoles however you will see that there is major support software wise to contribute to big sales within the first 6 months this year.

My final guess would be 2-3 years but definitely sooner depending on the DS. I think it's a no brainer that home consoles will sell more this gen.

You say "only 47 million ahead," but the handhelds are a moving target. If you look at hardware sales for all of 2009, current-gen consoles only sold around 3.7 million more than handhelds during that period. At that rate, both hardware generations will be long dead before consoles overtake handhelds.

Even if new handheld devices launch next year, the current models will live on. The GBA sold 5.5 milion units in 2006, the year NSMB launched on the DS, and only the year before enjoyed sales 80% as high as its successor.

DS+PSP have already beaten PS2+GC+Xbox, and they're still going strong. I don't think consoles ever will catch the handhelds.

you could be right but don't forget the fact that handheld has been on the market longer than the console

Ok: Ds 160mil LTD
PSP 70mil LTD
Wii 120mil LTD
PS3 80mil LTD
360 70mil LTD
I don't know because this predictions are really wrong

it will outsell the handheld market on the day till never lol

NEVAR! because handhelds > Stationary consoles

And I haven't bought one yet ;_;

Let me see. 121 million for DS 55 million for PSP. Together. 176 million
30 million for PS3, 35 million for 369. 65 million for wii. Together 120 million.
The gap it 56 million. I say never. The console generations last 5 years. While handhelds can last from 3 years to over a decade. Unless the generation for some reason lasts 7-8 years instead