There's actually a huge difference. With NXT you have 70 stakeholders who forge gobs of NXT daily just by holding, and with NEM you have 3000 stakeholders who are incentivized through POI to do the exact opposite of holding.
Given the world population is 7 billion who never received any Nem, the difference isn't that much. Next year Nem2 will show up claiming to be "fair" as it will distribute to 10,000
And Nem distribution isn't "3000" yet as how many will be unclaimed is still unknown.