Cubed3 2002 - 2009 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:26:47 GMT-1 Latest 10 posts made in this topic. http://www.cubed3.com/ http://www.cubed3.com http://www.cubed3.com/images/button.gif 31 88 jb@cubed3.com (Jorge Ba-oh) en-us http://www.cubed3.com/topic/63083Whats the point of overshooting the estimate? 5.5 sounds like a fair few, surely 3.5m&#45;4m is more likely? http://www.cubed3.com/topic/63083This post is a copy of the news report: http://www.cubed3.com/news/17335All posts made in this forum topic below will appear as news comments on the above link. If you make a comment on the original article link above, it will also appear here as a forum post.Today Nintendo revised its profit forecast to include an estimated figure for Wii U consoles sold before the end of the fiscal year. <br/> <br/>The new console, set to debut on November 18th in the US, November 30 in Europe/Australia and December in Japan, is <strong><a href="http&#58;//www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2012/121024e.pdf">predicted to sell</a> at least 5.5 million units</strong> before March 31st. <br/> <br/>With <a href="/news/17334/1/3ds&#45;and&#45;yen&#45;to&#45;blame&#45;for&#45;nintendos&#45;losses.html">underperforming 3DS sales</a>, Nintendo also lowered estimated figures for the <strong>portable down to 17.5 million</strong> (from 18.5 million). Existing console, the Wii, is still reeling in the money for Nintendo, with the game maker predicting sales of around 5 million for the current fiscal period.