Baikal N is at present much profitabler than X10, why is the price only a half??? Because they want sell something to get FIAT and want mine with GOOD Algos.
2 Rabbits with one piston!
IMHO
You forgot to mention some important facts. First the Baikal N has not been shipped yet and it earns maximum $24 a day. After they are delivered you should be happy if you can earn $12 a day. On the other hand you can still earn $20 a day with X10 after half a year. Moreover the X10 doesn't cost $7200 at all if you order from Baikal.
What should be a reason to go to 12 USD? Current price for altcoin?
Maybe it grows in this delivery time. Difficulty can not be a reason. Or did you heard that Antminer sell similar Asic with this algoritm in staple?
Baikal N is a low hashrate Asic. It will stay profitable for a long time, like x10. I would also buy some, but so long I do not gets 2 new promissed algos from baikal, I do not buy it!