Yeah, they're profit's forecasts may get revised and shrink, but they'll always turn a profit. I don't think "they're fucked" in the same sense of "omg third party going they are!"
I also wonder about the plausibility of arguments insisting that "if the 3DS can't move and shake the charts, NGP is DOA!" because if we look at Japan, the only territory where the PSP is relevant and thus can be studied, the audience and market are well defined and don't overlap with Apple's model as much as a the DS/3DS. The NGP can match the PSP's (or even 3DS) weekly sales and still be considered a success. Obviously because of the different, and much lower, expectations. So in that regard, Sony may actually be in a better shape,
if they price their new handheld correctly and insure a steady flow of quality software, like the one the PSP is currently enjoying.
Also, as previously stated, if Nintendo ends up running out of ideas and fail at attracting the casual market that pushed the DS to those unexpected highs, people will eventually adjust those expectations, and move that goal post way back and closer to where the PSP is (right next to GBA's if I'm not mistaken) simply because without those expectations -- and casual appeal -- the 3DS, much like the NGP, will be directly competing with/targeting the very conservative, yet still viable, PSP market.
Do I sound like a broken record? I think I sound like a broken record.
Edit: T EXP, why did you edit? now I look like fool.
