Ok the war is just beginning but with the aggressiveness that Sony has come into the fight, Nintendo looks to have an uphill battle coming.
First let me get this out of the way:
We all know the features that the PSP boasts, we know about its possible shortcomings and most of its strengths, the same goes for the DS. It is clear that these two units are leagues apart, and the DS while well designed seems more like an experiment than an actual product (3rd Pillar).
Anyway, my point to all this is if the PSP starts to take a large chunk of the handheld market and Nintendo is forced to launch the successor to the GBA what will it have to be/do to gain Nintendo's ground back??? Will similar graphics with a more stable media and larger battery life be enough??? Will Nintendo have to release something as staggering an advancement as the PSP is, to get their ground back??? I think they will. With the PSP's price point and its technology it seems that it would be hard for anyone not to "buy" into it.
I know we can't tell the future, but its fun to speculate. I don't want to see Nintendo continue to slide into obscurity but if the PSP takes off like it most likely will they are gonna have to produce something MAJOR in response to stop continuing the slide.
First let me get this out of the way:

We all know the features that the PSP boasts, we know about its possible shortcomings and most of its strengths, the same goes for the DS. It is clear that these two units are leagues apart, and the DS while well designed seems more like an experiment than an actual product (3rd Pillar).
Anyway, my point to all this is if the PSP starts to take a large chunk of the handheld market and Nintendo is forced to launch the successor to the GBA what will it have to be/do to gain Nintendo's ground back??? Will similar graphics with a more stable media and larger battery life be enough??? Will Nintendo have to release something as staggering an advancement as the PSP is, to get their ground back??? I think they will. With the PSP's price point and its technology it seems that it would be hard for anyone not to "buy" into it.
I know we can't tell the future, but its fun to speculate. I don't want to see Nintendo continue to slide into obscurity but if the PSP takes off like it most likely will they are gonna have to produce something MAJOR in response to stop continuing the slide.