Nothing hides from the ugly face of recession, not even Wii and DS. Despite the platforms' thundering success, their overwhelming advantage over the other platforms is not immune to economic turmoil. Find out why after the jump.

While, somebody, somewhere, has to ask all the tough questions, somebody else has to answer them. In this case, it's video game industry analysts Nick Williams, Jesse Divnich and Ed Barton. What were they asked and how did they respond? Find out in the full article, right after the jump.

Given the huge lead DS is enjoying over PSP, analyst group Screen Digest from the UK believes that Nintendo's handheld will take 89% of market share in Japan - projected numbers are 112 million to 67 million respectively.

The group published a report explaining how they came up with such a conclusion. Calling PSP a "portable PS2," the analysis attributes Nintendo's success to superior software. Sony's machine may be more powerful, but Ninty had huge titles such as Nintendogs, Professor Kawashima's Brain Training, Mario Kart DS, and other entries from wildly popular franchises.

As of May 2007, the big N reports to have an installed user base breaking past 41 million across all territories. It jumped from 38 million at the end of Q1 this year, while PSP was at 20 million at the time.

Screen Digest expects DS games sales to reach 106 million by the end of the year, with PSP at 48 million. Such domination is believed to extend 'til 2011, when spending on DS games reach US$ 1.5 billion in Japan, US$ 1.1 billion in the US, and US$ 750 million all over PAL territories. A total of $ 1.7 billion across the globe is expected for Sony.

On the good side, the group expects PSP to sell better by the end of 2007. Obviously, they don't believe that will be enough to give the dark horse a boost. Only time will tell if their words will hold true.

To read the full report, click on the Read link below.