(Update: 100 million mark reached!)Prediction:Switch will go on to sell 100+ million units

[flashfire926]

newwil7l said:

flashfire926 said:

He literally just said what he bases this off of.

3DS only did 750k  this December in the US cause of Pokemon US/UM. It wouldn't stand a chance without those games.

3DS was up yoy in 2016 because of pokemon go/sun moon. Despite not having that many huge sellers that year.

3DS would be at like ~35 million without pokemon.

3DS did not have a monster December because of Pokemon lol. If that was the case 3DS would have had a bigger one last year when Sun/Moon released. 

The increase from last year is because  the term "nintendo" is way more relevant this holiday than last holiday, thanks to the switch, which adds on to the pokemon effect.

In the US (and probably most other territories too, the best selling 3DS games this year, as per npd goes like this:

1. Pokemon: Ultra Sun
2. Pokemon: Ultra Moon
3. Pokemon: Sun
4. Pokemon: Moon
5. Super Mario Maker
6. Metroid: Samus Returns
7. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia
8. Super Smash Bros.
9. Mario Kart 7
10. Poochy and Yoshi's Wolly World

To say pokemon is not the driving force of 3ds sales is beyond stupid.

Edit: and as like zorg1000 said, there were 3ds shortages late last year as well.