Finally!? Last gen they had most successful generation in history of gaming, they sold around 255m of hardware and almost 2 billions of software, and you think Nintendo would be better like third party only because Wii U is selling bad!?

Also one of reasons is why their games are so good is Nintendo hardware, because they always design hardware with mind on their games.

It depends... if the NX replaces the 3DS it will probably signal the start of a new generation.

Depends on the product, if they utilize the same software such as both are completely digital plats or both use cartridges then no they aren't cannibalizing each other. Ps3 and vita played different games.

This line of logic doesn't always work this way though. 

For example I remember everyone saying there's no way the GameCube could sell less than the N64, it had addressed the major problem of the N64 which was cartridges, was easy to program for (another big problem of the N64), had Resident Evil exclusivity and lots of other developer support ... and yet it ended up selling way less than the N64. 

Ditto for the Dreamcast, which in the end didn't sell much better than the Saturn despite being a much better system. 

No Nintendo console will have to come from further behind than the NX will. 

I love Nintendo games but have been disappointed with the last 2 Nintendo home consoles. Both severely underpowered and over-priced for such weak tech.

12 million may not seem like a lot of consoles but considering the absolutely dire spec, pathetic cpu power, weak mobility graphics, ultra slow bandwidth memory, lack of hard drive and a clumsy over-sized controller that is truly awful for the people who often get Nintendo consoles, children it seems to me Nintendo have done very well. Then add lack of support with only really first party games worth getting.

I feel Nintendo still have the power to sell a huge number of consoles they just need to stop trying to sell dire hardware at inflated prices. Before the wii they were competitive in tech.

I'm really hopeful that their next console will be something really worth getting as I feel the wii u failure was a total shock to Nintendo and hopefully they realise they need to be more competitive.

A decent console with a great launch title would be a solid start.

I see no reason why the NX couldn't quickly outsell the xbone on a monthly basis and give the ps4 a bit of competition especially if NX versions of the same games as PS4 are actually superior in some ways which is definitely possible.

40 million is honestly asking for a lot I think. That's almost as much as the SNES. 

Yes, and GC actually was quite good console, but for GC problem was best selling console in world, PS2. But after GC we had best seling Nintendo console ever.

But Wii U was bloody mess in every possible way, you can't compare any Nintendo console in number of mistakes Nintendo made with Wii U, thats why Wii U will be worst selling Nintendo console.

Like I wrote, I think it nearly impossible to repeat all mistakes Nintendo made with Wii U again, especially because after terrible Wii U sales with NX they will much better job in order to have much better sales. When we talk about NX sales, IMO only certain thing is that X will have much better sales than Wii U.

After the 12 million the WiiU sold, they would have to be crazy to repeat all those issues.

No it doesn't. And I firmly believe this will be the last generation for Nintendo has a hardware manufacturer.

exactly. Nintendo competing within the confines of an arbitrary "generation", is the last thing on the agenda of a company fighting for relevance.  After the massive drop from DS/Wii, Nintendo will  consolidate their efforts under the NX platform, and hopefully provide a sw lineup powerful enough to make their hw a must buy.