Will the 3DS sell 300 million+ ?

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zgamer5 said:

you make good points but then again you must remember that the whole alligiance of gamers behind the ds arent core gamers, their peole working at mcdonalds, their kids playing a dog simulator, and their grandmas and grandpas trieng to fight alzeheimer. 3ds will have a great launch. but weahter it sells more or less then the 3ds depends on the support of the casuals. a casual group which prefers low prices, and which is leaning toward ios devices. so yes their is more competition this time, and the higher launch price of the 3ds also wont help. the 3ds will attract more core gamers then the ds because of its software line up, but it needs to pull the casual toward it.

I agree with you on that much. The 3DS needs to reduce price to be able to sell liike the DS in the long term, which it will, eventually. I really think that the iOS devices aren't actually moving into DS territory, but rather, preventing it from expanding further. I expect that, as its price decreases, the 3DS will be able to recapture the ~175m DS base and that it will fill the gap to 200m-225m with what little expansion it can afford with the iOS devices waiting to kill it right outside and those who went with PSP this generation.

A bit optimistic, I suppose, but certainly not unrealistic.