I predict a new DS design this year or early next year

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Sky Render said:
What reason is there to release a new model of DS? The only country where sales are sagging is Japan, and that's largely due to sheer saturation of ownership (about 1 in 5 people own a DS in Japan at this point; that's a huge saturation rate for a single game system, especially for Japan). There's really no need to make the system any lighter, nor would adding new features make existing users very happy.

I agree, and with saturation in Japan the DS still selling above 50k every week.