Yes, I agree that normally there is industry growth, but as I've stated, price is a huge factor. People have less money to buy things these days with big mortgages and high inflation and less disposable income...so this is a factor.
Also, maybe I am putting too much importance on the handheld factor. But look at the Japanese market over the last few months. And I know, the PSP Slim & Lite has just been released...but sales of the Wii, PS3 and 360 are down really low now as well.
The DS and PSP have sold 1.45m units since the start of August, whereas the next gen 3 (Wii, PS3 & 360) have only sold 4.9m. So the handhelds together are selling 3 times as many as the next gen trio.
Yes this will change the closer it comes to Xmas and some big games appear on especially the Wii and PS3...but I fully expect the handhelds to sell much more than home consoles.
Prediction (June 12th 2017)
Permanent pricedrop for both PS4 Slim and PS4 Pro in October.
PS4 Slim $249 (October 2017)
PS4 Pro $349 (October 2017)
