Is the market in decline, or is it Nintendo?

[Kasz216]

Mr Khan said:
The better question: is the market in decline because Nintendo's in decline?

7th-gen growth is largely due to Wii/DS, after all. If Nintendo's dropped the ball such that they're not doing the heavy lifting anymore, how will the 8th gen stack up?

Could be the first instance of gen-over-gen decline in the history of home console gaming.

Yeah... that's more or less the answer.  "Yes".

They both are... because Nintendo was such a huge part of the market.

Nintendo sorta alienated their new console base with the Wii U, or looks that way in anycase.  I doubt they'll end up on the Ps4 or 720 unless one of them makes a surprising casual focus like the Wii was.