Says FT: "That would give Nintendo the scope to cut the price of the console if needed to stimulate sales."

Except, of course, for the part where Nintendo's selling lightning in a bottle...or that's what folks buying the systems think, anyway.

Ergo the part where Iwata dashes hopes at the news conference in Tokyo about any recession-related price relief, telling listeners he'd rather commit time and energy to making "better entertainment so that our products are going to remain in the top position in our customer's wish lists."

Well hear hear, Mr. Iwata, because that's the Wii's singular glaring flaw, as I see it. (Also speaking as a guy who's not really into stuff like and and .)

I don't know about you, but -- -- isn't what comes to mind when I hear those two most auspicious words, "better entertainment." Sales smash? Probably. But jet ski racing? Frisbee tossing? Fencing? Come on. The , Nintendo's enhancement to make the waggly Wii Remote a bit less sloppy, makes it all sound a dash more interesting, but only a dash. (For more on the game, see Danny Allen's )