"According to the report, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata told analysts the company had in fact been shooting for a year-end release for the 3DS, but delayed the launch due to concerns it wouldn't be able produce enough units to meet the season's demand."
"Nintendo says it's expecting four million 3DS units sold by the end of its 2011 fiscal year -- which since the company's year ends in March 2011, translates to a prediction of first-month sales"
"It now expects a fiscal year profit of ¥90 billion ($1.08 billion) -- a drastic reduction on May's ¥200 billion ($2.4 billion) forecast. It also reduced expectations for both hardware and software unit sales for Wii and DS: instead of the previously-forecast 30 million, Nintendo now plans to ship 23.5 million DS hardware units (including the 3DS), while Wii forecasts came down only slightly from 18 million to 17.5 million"