If Eurogamer is right, How many NXs will sell?

[Landguy]

Louie said:

bananaking21 said:

again look at the WiiU hardware, if they were system sellers they would have moved a lot more WiiU units.

its very clear that a lot of the "casual crowd" dont care for nintendo games, they moved on to tablets and smartphones, and the core gamers dont care anymore either, as PC/PS/Xbox give them a much better gaming experience then the WiiU. 

Nintendo are doing one of the same mistakes they did with the WiiU, trying to appease to everyone, which will only result in them not appeasing to anyone. 

a handheld with a tegra graphics card, a dock to connect to the TV, detatchable controlers will result in harder mobility, lower battery life, and a more expensive machine than usual for handhelds, while also cutting down on the console experience by having less power than a 2017 console should have, a weird controller setup and a console that isnt a dedicated home console, which will have its drawbacks. 

 

That's just something you are making up. Smash Bros (core game) sold better than ever before on Wii U and 3DS, Zelda drew huge lines at e3 (core game) and the games you mentioned definitely did move 3DS consoles (unless the games on PSP, PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, NES and SNES also failed to move consoles of course). So those games sold the GBA, the DS, the Wii and the 3DS but hey - there is that one system that didn't sell so that's proof they are not system sellers anymore. And yeah, let's ignore those 75m+ Pokémon Go players because "the casuals don't care anymore". Here's a fun thought: If they care for the software they can also care for the hardware. Gaming is always about the software, it was never about making the strongest system. 

I'm personally sceptic of NX being a success from what I've heard so far and I think the Wii U is a very bad product but your posts just don't look all that objective to me. 

The problem with the combining the WiiU and 3DS total sales should make for something that sells 75+ million is the "what have you for me lately" part of the equation.  You grabbed on to Pokemon Go(already seeeing a drastic dropoff in users), a game that is FREE on a different platform - Cell Phones and Tablets!  Bananakings whole point!  Also, the WiiU and the 3ds sales have fallen off alot the last 18months.  handhelds in general have went way down over the last 3 years.  So, comparing previous gens of handheld sales will be very problematic.

People just have to accept that Nintendo hardware is mostly a niche product nowadays.  You never know, maybe the NX will somehow be a fad like the Wii, but I doubt it.