Games Consultant Believes Nintendo NX Could Be "The Defining Video Game Controller Of The Smart Device Age"

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alternine said:

Mr Khan said:

It's a gamble that can go either way. A quarter of a billion units were sold on the touch screen or the Wiimote, while glasses-less 3D and the touchscreen both failed to inspire. Presuming the failure is as unwise as presuming the success.

You maybe right but you can only capture lightning in a bottle so many times...

The thing is that there is a huge middle ground between Wii/DS & Wii U/3DS, Nintendo doesn't necessarily need to have some huge Wii/DS level success to be considered relevant, over the course of like 5 years, Wii/DS sold about 250 million units of hardware, 1.8 billion units of software and made about $15 billion profit. On the other hand, GC/GBA sold like 100 million units of hardware, 500 million units of software and made like $4 billion profit over the course of 5 years. Obviously Wii/DS level success is more preferable for Nintendo but they have shown they can be very successful and profitable without those types of sales.