Analyst and media personality Michael Pachter has once again stuck his nose out with a prediction that most people would probably deem premature. On his Gametrailers show Pach Attack! he commented the following with regards to the handheld market:
"We're way approaching saturation on the handheld market. We're starting to see DS hardware sales crack, I think the ubiquity of the iPod Touch is cutting into the handheld market. I think the PSP is dead on arrival and I think the PSP2 is going to be dead on arrival.
It looks to me like young kids are just as happy playing with an iPod Touch or a Nano. The Touch is cool, it plays games, plays music, they're going to put a camera in it and you're going to get all kinds of cool stuff."
Maybe Michael Pachter should reserve his judgement until we actually know what Sony have planned for PSP2. But then again he wouldn't be Pachter if he did.