Pachter: If the NX flops, Nintendo will still have 9.5 Billion dollars in the bank (They have 10 last time Pachter checked)

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Stefan.De.Machtige said:

JWeinCom said:

This.  Nintendo has enough money to survive in one form or another for at least a decade, barring something monumentally disastrous.  But, if they can't make a profit off their dedicated gaming business, stockholders aren't just going to let them go on as they are.  Nintendo is really fighting for their future in the hardware business.

They need a minumum of two things to regain or even better retain their hardware market:

• 40/50 million NX sales (with profit)
• An enthousiastic, though a bit small fanbase who like talking about Nintendo products

If they fail in either these things, they might have one go left. But if that also fails, then Nintendo will be default 3rd party in some sort.

I don't think there is a set goal.  They just need to make a large operating profit.  It's hard to say how many units exactly that is.

Unless the NX is an absolutely brilliant product (doesn't seem to be the case but the rumors may be false/incomplete) then Nintendo will need to find a way to promote its hardware through non-traditional means.  Synergy between their mobile and dedicated business, Universal and other partnerships, etc.