Nintendo 3DS: 50 million MAXIMUM worldwide by end of 2013? Don't be surprised.

[Dv8thwonder]

Yakuzaice said:

Dv8thwonder said:
I completely disagree with this prediction. 50M will be acheived in March 2014. No earlier than that. The best it will do this Holiday season will be 42M.

This doesn't really make sense.  If you expect the max it can do by the end of the year is another 5 million, how will it manage 8 million from Jan-Mar?  Jan-Mar 2013 saw 2.68m sales.  In comparison December 2012 alone was 4.34m.  Even the DS at its peak couldn't manage 8 million in the Jan-Mar quarter.

Walmart is selling the 2DS for $99 on Black Friday. That's how. I may be so inclined as to change my earlier estimates and allign them more along John Lucas'. 3DS/2DS will reach 50m by the end of January.