| wombat123 said: 40m on half a generation would be a failure. You're telling me that a Nintendo platform with a handheld/console version and a unified library will be lucky to sell less than the 3DS did (by itself and on half a Nintendo library) in a 3 year span (42 million)? |
I think in today's market with smartphones taking over, the 3DS would be lucky to sell 25 million in a 3-year span.
If consumers have to buy both the NX portable and home console in one package then the NX will also have to rebuild Nintendo's broken home console business and not just carry on with their portables. 30-40 million user-base would be a 2-3 times improvement over the Wii U. If the NX can sell 35 million over a 4 year span then that will put it toe-to-toe with the XBox One's yearly sales and I really believe that with the enormous amount of 1st party software that the NX will be getting, Nintendo can be profitable at this level.
Nintendo, on their current path, is heading towards failure as 3DS sales are dropping rapidly. I believe a success for Nintendo next generation would be if they can ome up with a new concept that can allow them to maintain their current profitability without having to lay-off staff.
