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Oh Nintendo, you clever Japanese bastards

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Anyone else getting a sense of deja vu with the apparent announcement of the PS4 incoming.

>Sony announces PS4 on Feb 20th.
>Shows off some tech demos
>Everyone flips the fuck out
>Sony fans and gaming journalists will claim Wii U is doomed
>E3 2013 comes
>Sony Conference
>Sony shows off some cool looking games
>Sony announces the price is $400 US dollars
>It will release at the end of 2013
>Sony is taking a MASSIVE loss on every console in order to stay competitive with Nintendo
>More Nintendo DOOOOM speak spreads through the gaming world
>Nintendo Conference starts
>Iwata is calm as fuck
>Shows off a bunch of games at E3, Retro studios game, 3D Mario, Mario Kart, Wind Waker HD, Smash Bros along with a couple of other surprises.
>People still say Wii U is DOOOMED due to Sony's pricing of the PS4
>3 months pass and Nintendo announces a price cut, just in time for the release of Mario Kart HD, Wind Waker HD, 3D Mario and Retro's game which will be massive sellers.
>Wii U sales see a huge increase due to the price cut and it will only be a year until the Wii U becomes cheaper to manufacture and therefore profitable
>The public now views the PS4 as too expensive and it's being sold at a loss anyway
>Not to mention nogaems
>Vita is still selling horribly
>MH4 is released in Japan for 3DS killing the Vita
>PS4 becomes the final nail in Sony's coffin.

Nintendo is planning for the 3DS and Vita scenario to happen all over again and they'll use it to kill Sony.