I think this gen is gonna fail hard, period. I don't care how many consoles are sold, due to the fact that the actual game content is dying now.
We used to have a variety of games being released every month. Since the last gen, the amount of games and the variety is getting worse.
So, the reality is, we have more news coverage over console sales now, because there isn't any news available for games.
How many games are released a week now? How many were released per week 6 ot 7 years ago?
The console wars have killed gaming.