The question is when will version 1.0 will com out. We are currently at 0.6.x and I guess there is a long way to go until v1. So price will be under preasure till then.
We don't need to wait till V1 to change the price, if it is going to change the price. In a few months, the Mosaic would transform NEM into a very powerful platform. In my opinion, that is as good as V1. V1 when completed should only make things more convenient and add more features, albeit making Mosaic more solid.
Price under pressure or not will have its natural progression. If you are a short term speculator, stay away from NEM. It won't make you rich. If you are a long term speculator, maybe, yes maybe, NEM is good.
But if you are a blockchain project builder, you will definitely have a bright future using NEM to enrich you, because it is going to cut down your development time and costs. And when more project builders come on board, NEM will take its natural course to become a powerful solution and therefore will see its value rise because of the demand for XEM in these projects.
That's the game plan for NEM, i.e., it does not thrive on speculation but on utility. It is therefore, not a scam project as we have no interest in pumping and dumping. Some people will pump and dump along the way of course, but we cannot stop them. In fact, I won't care, and we shouldn't care.