I went looking online for DS size comparisons since I'm going to be sewing myself a new case for mine, but intend on upgrading to the 3DS when it's released (so I needed measurements for both to make something I can use for both).

I stumbled across a 2005 PSP vs DS debate article. The article itself compared hardware alone - just the specs, just the facts. But all the comments were people arguing about which was better. And pretty much everyone was like PSP TOTALLY PWNS DS! DS SUCKS!! PROUD PSP OWNER!! DS IS CRAP! DS IS ROADKILL NEXT TO PSP!! NINTENDO CAN'T COMPARE!!

So. Since I agree with the author on the original article in his/her choice to rely solely on facts, let's compare where both systems are at 5 years later. Which game console do you think has sold more systems and games for that system? In other words, let's compare the success of the system based on the success of the company, not on the opinions of the users, because we can't measure that very accurately.

As of late 2009/early 2010, the numbers are as follows:

Nintendo has sold just under 130 million DS consoles (all models) worldwide.

Sony has sold approximately 60 million PSP consoles (again all models combined) worldwide.

To bring that closer to home, it's 28 mil. for the DS in the US, and about 10.5 mil. for the PSP.

In fact, in May of this year, Sony even considered discontinuing the PSP Go altogether (faced with not only the competition of the DS but now the iPad as well).

Sorry, Sony fans. Glad you like your system, but watch your mouths before you call the DS "roadkill" ;)