Also we are now beginning to build up a momentum, infrastructure etc. and that is the "only" adventage Bitcoin has and it is what makes its value now.
At this point everything rises and falls with Bitcoin. Every crypto is linked to Bitcoin and that's bad for NEM, too. NEM has to shake Bitcoin off and be a standalone-thing.
That would be a success definitely never before seen in crypto world...
That is also something I believe NEM has good foundations for... So many REAL stakeholders presents a good staring point to building that.