Handheld Game Consoles

"The PSP is Sony’s thrown gauntlet, challenging the undisputed king of the handheld realm to a duel to the death, or at least to the very bitter, hurty end. Nintendo has never suffered a serious challenger to the throne they carved out with the GameBoy. Many have tried and fallen: Atari, NEC, Sega (twice), and even SNK. Nintendo launched their portable at the height of their home success, and now Sony’s doing the same thing."

"Sony says it has sold more than 1.2 million Vita units worldwide since the portable launched in Japan on December 17. As CNET blogger Don Reisinger noted in his post, Sony didn't break down the sales figures by country, but acknowledged that this month's launch across the U.S. and Europe helped the Vita "exceed expectations" at this point in its life cycle."