MS is the king of filibustering this gen. Their well timed price drop has filibustered the PS3's catching up all year and has kind of filibustered the Wii's charge into 50% marketshare.
As long as MS keeps getting price cuts at the proper times, the PS3 would never catch the 360 in time.
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