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JustBeingReal on 26 July 2016
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Tlozjb said:
Soundwave said:

It doesn't contradict anything Nintendo has said. 

Even Iwata said he wasn't sure if they would multiple form factors OR just one. 

Nintendo has never said what the nature of the console is, in fact I think only Reggie has called it a "console" as kind of an off hand statement. Nintendo themselves has always officially said "system" or "platform". 

Interviewer: "It seems more to me that the NX will have an effect on the Wii U due to the fact that both will be consoles."

Kimishima: "The NX is neither the successor to the Wii U nor to the 3DS. It's a new way of playing games, which I think will have a larger impact than the Wii U, but I don't feel it's a pure replacement for the Wii U."

http://nintendoeverything.com/kimishima-comments-on-nintendo-movies-mobile-nx/

While he does suggest the hybrid idea, but he also pretty much says that whatever it is, it will be primarily be a home console since he doesn't feel it will be a pure replacement for the Wii U, it will not be a successor to Wii U or 3DS, but it will be a home console, but also not a pure replacement to Wii U.  So by Kimishima's words we can learn that:

- Hybrid concept

- Primarily a home console.


Aside that by Nintendo's forecast, you can tell that it will primarily be a home console, a huge drop for the Wii U forecast, but not for the 3DS forecast.

Kimishima saying that he thinks NX will have a bigger impact on Wii U than 3DS could come down to 3DS being so much cheaper than NX and Nintendo still keeping that on the market.

Unless there's a statement with either Iwata, Kimishima or someone else in a position to know saying that NX will be more of a home console, than a half way step between handheld and console this statement you've quoted shouldn't be taken to mean it is primarily a home console. The moment you merge these kinds of systems into a single device, with multiple options for how you play you leave it up to the play as to what it's primary use is.

If the majority of people that buy one take it out and about with them and they spend most of their time out of their home or away from a TV, then it's primarily a mobile gaming platform, so it really is a none issue, if NX has this feature and it's a single device.

 

NX and Wii U could be similar in cost, so the market could just choose NX because it does more things and also has the greater focus from Nintendo's developers and their partner studios/publishers.


Basically there could be a bunch of reasons why Kimishima said what he said about sales, it's a pretty vague statement tbh.