ha! absolutely ridiculous prediction by ssj12, I hope someone records this one so that when it's smashed halfway through next year we can make him eat crow. Also, your sig is WAY TOO LONG, seriously cut it down, it's just ridiculous. I wish ioi would introduce a "max sig length"
As for the others, I think JL's actually has the least chance of coming true. 40 million over 12 months (assuming his 20 million end of year prediction comes true) means 3.3 million consoles manufactured per month, or almost double their current rate. Given that Nintendo has been relatively slow upping production, and given that it won't beat out 1.8 million per month for the first few months, I don't see Nintendo producing anywhere near that number no matter how high the demand is. Even the DS is only going around 2.5 million/month right now.
As for the other predictions, while they are certainly very optimistic, they give no timeframe and anything could happen, especially if a market such as China takes off and the Wii seriously expands the market, we could be in completely new territory. I love how people say "the usual rules don't apply to the Wii, it could die off completely next year." but aren't willing to accept "the usual rules don't apply to the Wii, it could sell to three times the user base."
Help! I'm stuck in a forum signature!
