Yeah, unfortunately I agree. If those are accurate predictions it only further proves ASICs will never see a ROI. There's a nice 1.2 Th/s machine I could get my hands on but unless I get it tomorrow it doesn't look too promising.

Thanks for your input odolvlobo! Honestly, I thought this topic would be more popular.

With more and more powerful hardware (most notably ASICS) hitting the network every day, what's everyone's guesses for BTC's mining difficulty for January 1st?

http://bitcoindifficulty.com has some useful information and short term estimates.