| zorg1000 said: Ya, 3DS+Wii U is currently around 70 million and will probably top out around 80-85 million, their problem is that they are two distinct platforms with little to no similarities and have completely separate libraries. If they were a unified platform with a shared library than they would be in a much better situation with those numbers. |
I agree. I would even go as far to say that if the NX is a unified platform and it ends up selling 30-40 million, that I think this would be a success. I think there's a couple of reasons for this:
1) It would be the second Nintendo home console to have increased sales compared to its predecessor and the first time where it wasn't a fluke: it reverses a very crucial trend in Nintendo's home console market.
2) The NX is being released mid-gen and critics are right that it does have a bit of an uphill battle to climb it's way back into the market. 30-40 million would be very impressive numbers with the generation half way over.
3) With the unified hardware concept, Nintendo would possibly be outputing 2 x as much first party software as what even the 3DS is currently getting. Now I assume that Nintendo makes most of their profit on software sales so the NX alone at 30 million could be delivering 3DS-level profits with the added benefit of the lead-weight Wii U not dragging it down.
