Will 3DS receive a hardware spike from the Pokemon XY announcement

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Jaywood2010 on 08 January 2013

Will pokemon XY boost 3DS hardware numbers thios week from the announcement? If so by how much?

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fedfed on 08 January 2013

yes 5k

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TheLastStarFighter on 08 January 2013

It will receive a year-long spike of 5-10 million.

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Metrium on 08 January 2013

Duh! and by alot. Rly big but short spike in Japan. A sale increase in the west that will last for a while.

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aikohualda on 08 January 2013

a lot.... well in october at least... hopefully 17.5m for year sale...
i mean in my opinion it is getting a lot of good software support for this year esp with pokemon or luigi mansion.

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I don't think so. If it does we won't notice because sales will decreasing now that holidays are over.

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No, the announcement won't.

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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 08 January 2013

fedfed said:
yes 5k

lol, this.

Not many will even be aware of the announcement, and most of those who are already own a 3DS. Not to mention those who plan to wait for the actual Pokémon release- or even the holidays to buy both.

Minor boost at best.