If Eurogamer is right, How many NXs will sell?

[Landguy]

midrange said:

zero129 said:

Well first off if the Rumors are true this thing is a Handheld that can be used as a console.

So lets look at Nintendos Handheld market, has any of their handhelds sold less then 30 million units?

Even looking at the Charts now if the 3DS was classed as a console it would be the number 1 selling console in the world.

I think this alone should give a good impression of what a new nintendo handheld can do, Never mind that it could possibly be used as a Tablet too and well i think this thing is going to sell like hot cakes and thats just based on the rumors.

Has any handheld ever successfully been priced as a console? People won't be willing to drop more than $250 for a handheld. Just look at the 3ds. It was a flop when it started out at $250, but it was saved when it dropped to $180

You kind of hit it right on the head.  When I predicted in the OP that it would hit 25 million, I was surmising that it would end up at $300+ at retail.  Knowing that, i think it will hurt the sales long term.  Even if people rush out to get one, some type of tablet or cell phone will match its power in 2 years.  Any handheld that gets developed now, needs to be planned with a short lifespan.  The exponential increases in power for tablets and phones every year is amazing.

If the NX isn't $300+, then it will be very underpowered and the whole setup will be built to a quality to low to be taken seriously long term.  If Eurogamer is right, the NX will fail either way...