because kowenicki is going topurchase them in droves. 

On a more serious note i believe it will do worse than the Wii-u but better than the 360. Depends on the marketing.

Early adopters will buy it hmm I'd predict a million or less than million to be on safe side as 360 is still relevant which will have all the big holiday releases on it

I picked 1 million. I wouldn't be surprised if it reaches close to 2 million though given how well Xbox 360 did this gen though.

1.5 million

But that implies that i think it may still sell some consoles. I don't believe it will.

I simply believe that the Xbox One will not launch this year. You can see how that may be detrimental to sales of the console, can't you?

In think it might do fine in the US, but less than WiiU. Near DOA in Europe

Hard to say, depends on a few things, supply in North America being chief among them.

It should be able to sell about 1.5-2 million by 2013 with 70% or more being in North America, Japan is hopeless for MS and Europe will have issues with so many different cultures, the DRM and Kinect and always online part (some countries have very strict laws regarding this), many US and UK centered games, lack of full functionality on the media capabilities that are mainly a US focus from launch (again) and the price being high.

I think the One will do very well in North America, terribly in Japan and okay in Europe, the UK will likely go bonkers over it though, with them being a "mini-US" in consumer electronics and games.

I do maintain that the 8th gen will see less total hardware sales than the 7th gen though, I see no reason to think why not with the markets diverging and consoles becoming more PC-like and other devices offering full media capability and connectivity.

Online DRM isn't as big of a problem as people make it out to be. If game prices are lower, people will swallow it. I don't think that will be the case however. Either way, I would argue that paying for multiplayer is a much bigger issue, and that afflicts both consoles now.

The mandatory camera though, is a huge deal-breaker. I for one am not putting an always on - always connected camera in my house. There is no way I am buying an Xbone unless they release a kinect-less SKU, and I know many people who think likewise.

Last but not least, the price puts a huge handicap on sales potential for the Xbone. Many analysts put the 400$ mark, as the maximum price point for a console to be able to achieve massive sales. 100 dollars more may not seem a lot to the affluent, but for the average consumer it is simply over budget.

All things considered, I predict that Xbone's steep price, more than anything else will severely handicap its sales potential.

Over 1.3m is what I picked. Japan launch will be small but better then 360 maybe 100k. NA will have a good launch depending on supply depends on what it sells. Europe will have a decent launch, probably better then vita launch.