well with the price on a steady decline, it only makes sense difficulty decreases/stagnates.
No it doesn't. At least not in the short term. ASIC manufacturers have long term plans to continue to add hash capacity to their massive mining operations. We may have adjustment periods now where we don't see big jumps but they will be interrupted by frequent 10-20% difficulty adjustments.
Just wait until Bitfury brings a couple more DCs online in the near future.
