How many NX's does Nintendo need to sell for it to be considered a success?

[Alby_da_Wolf]

RolStoppable said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:

Ninty itself must be more ambitious than its most complacent fans, otherwise it will fail, but if NX will be a combined device (or it will offer one amongst available SKUs), asking to outsell 3DS and Wii U combined would be excessive, not only because portables are declining, but also because all Ninty users that own both Wii U and 3DS should be, as they actually are, single potential users for NX (although very likely  single users of one of the most complete SKUs that Ninty will offer).  The intersection of current user sets isn't empty, so the number of total Ninty users is lower than the sum of the number of elements of each set.

Any way you look at it, Nintendo's goal has to be to sell NX to more people than Wii U and 3DS owners. That isn't asking for too much.

OK, combined owners is a little less difficult goal than combined previous gen device numbers, and it's reasonable to expect that a decent improvement from Wii U sales should more than make up for portable sales decline, so yes, I agree on this. Financially the goal could most probably be much lower, but if Ninty wants to stay relevant in gaming it must aim for more.