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This is the same as Iwata saying there will be no price drops for the Wii and DS in the foreseeable future. It's the smart thing to say, it makes it sound like buying now is a good idea. Who pays hundreds of dollars for a console if a price drop is on the horizon or if the console you are looking to buy is living on "borrowed time", it's just not a good investment.

Nintendo and Sony can always go back on their statements later and say things like "due to currency fluctuations" or "due to unforeseeable market conditions" we had to ...........