That's weak, I expect nothing less than 240 MILLION units, & the PS4 and Xone EASILY beaten. You heard it here first, folks!

Mummelmann

My thoughts are that Nintendo doesn't have enough time to remaster everything, including 3rd party games.  A strong launch line up would still look weak comparted to the existing libraries on the PS4 and XBOne.  Typically, people can overlook the weaker library if the console offers something new (such as better graphics, as is typical with a new generation), but so far the rumours about the NX indicate that it may be on par or slightly better than a PS4.

Uptadet version of the consoles will not make it sell more What it will make is sell again for Hardcore fans and make the sales drop later, or drop in less %.

Both will be the same console because both will need to have the same games of the normal version and the normal version must be able to play the games, People don't want power they want games if something is Expensive but more powerful and have the same games the Xbox One have this will not  rise the sales.

a Slim Version would do more for both consoles than a Updated version.

If they can hit

30 million NX consoles

55-60 million NX portables

Assuming a tiered hardware family like above ... I think Nintendo would take that and run.

They're probably never going to be the market leader again but if they can maintain a userbase in that range, that would be a healthy amount to make a decent profit factoring in also money from the smartphone business and licensing opportunities.

But they seriously need to step up their console game, going from 14 million Wii Us to more than double that with NX will not be easy.

Japan must remain portable crazy too, that's going to be the crux of the portable market going forward with Europe and North American kids gone smartphone crazy.

NO pricing, No specs, No real details of any substance. It is not a prediction you're making, it is a wild guess.

There is no need to remaster everything, point is to remaster key titles (like Zelda and Smash), and they have plenty of time, Nintendo doesn't need to do remasters intarly, remasters can be done buy 3rd parties outside company. Recent remasters like Zelda MM 3D and TP HD are done buy companies outside Nintendo, also Smash Bros 4 port is rumoured that is handled by Namco Bandai.

Of Course that library of 3.5 years old consoles will be stronger than library of new console, but again NX can easily have very strong launch and 1st year games.

Yes it seems that NX will have similar power like PS4, but people forgetting when Nintendo talkabout NX they always say "new concept", even if that new concept is just sharing games with Nintendo handheld that is pretty good.

Handhelds are certainly more popular in Japan than the west but 3DS has still done solid numbers outside of Japan, about 37.5 million according to the most recent shipment numbers.

No way, it will even struggle to reach Wii-U levels because they are doing everything wrong once again. A gimicky controller that nobody wants, no games, quickly fading 3rd party support, least powerful console on the market, behind X1-2 and PS4 Neo.

umm what are these things based on?

The split for 3DS is 37.5 mill outside of Japan vs. 20 mill for Japan (roughly).

That's a monumental drop off from the DS and GBA which huge numbers in the West. GBA alone sold almost 42 million in just the Americas and that was with abbreviated life cycle too.

And likely there will be continued erosion of Nintendo's portable market in the West, the 3DS benefitted from launching just before cheapo tablets (such that a kid can have their own) started flooding the market. In 2011, all you could really get was an iPad, and an iPad was like $500, not too many 8-year-olds with that, but today you can get a kid a 7 or 8 inch tablet for under $100 that they can play touch games and watch cartoons on to their heart's content.