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Realistically though how is this even supposed to work. Going by current sales rate and assuming some normal mid-generation acceleration for PS4/XB1 sales as their prices drop and the library grows ...

November 2017 -
PS4 - 60+ million users, $249-$299 price, 1200+ titles
XB1 - 30+ million users, $249, 1200+titles
NX - 0 users, $249 (?), 12-15 launch titles

March 2018 (fiscal year end) - Lets even assume the console NX by some miracle sells as fast as the original Wii in its first 4 months on market ...

PS4 - 65+ million users, $249.99, 550+ titles
XB1 - 34+ million users, $249.99, 550+ titles
NX - 5.8 million users, $249.99, 20-35 titles

And by June 2018, you probably have Microsoft showing XBox Next-Gen 4K. 

Launching a "comparable" console 4 years after your competetion isn't a stratey, it's stupidity -- provided that's what your banking on to carry your business. If console NX is just a complimentary piece to the handheld, that's a different story.