Yeah Nintendo really went all out for BF. The surprise M&L bundle was a nice surprise. The contrast between Wii U and 3DS is quite amazing.
I suppose they can definitely hit 1 million with 3DS because of the difference between this year and last year.
Last year
- October 2012 - Between 213k and 250k, IIRC
- November 2012 - 540k
Black Friday initiatives:
1)Paper Mario: Sticker Star on November 18th
2)Red 3DS + Super Mario 3D Land - $169.99
3)Only NSMB2 launched in August as strong recent "back up" title for the Holidays
3DS sales during Black Friday 2012 week - 250k
This year
- October 2013 - 452k, thanks to Pokémon and 2DS
Black Friday initiatives
1)Zelda: A Link Between Worlds on November 22nd + Pokémon as recent "back up" title for the Holidays
2)Zelda 3DS XL on November 22nd
3)Cobalt Blue 3DS + Luigi's Mansion at $169.99 ($149.99 in some stores)
4)3DS XL (Zelda one included) at $149.99 at Target
5)2DS at $99.99 at Wal-Mart
I just can't see 3DS with lower than 2x last year's BF sales. I'd say it's possibly more around 600k. And, thus, 1+ million for the whole November.
Only "more than musings" infos we have so far
- 3DS XL being among Target's BF top sellers
- Toys'r'Us selling 7,500 3DS XL units at $145 on eBay in less than two hours, around mid-night / 2AM in US.