The target sales for the first year are four to five million.
Nintendo of Europe are expected to ship 900,000 units for the first three weeks of the Nintendo 3DS launch.
For the first 12 months following the launch, four to five million consoles are expected to be sold across all European regions.
These sales numbers are greater than for the original Nintendo DS, which had one million units sold within the first four months, and reached 3.8 million after ten months.
These figures come from retail and publisher activities surrounding Nintendo's event in Amsterdam earlier this week. Stock volumes and ball-park figures for long term sales targets were compiled by MCV from their sources.