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So, for the week ending Apr 4th, compared to last year:

PS4 up by about 70k (~40%)

One up by about 20k (~30%)

Wii U up by about 2k (~7%)

3DS up by about 19k (~18%)

 

Week ending Apr 11th, compared to last year:

PS4 up by about 45k (~30%)

One up by about 22k (~36%)

Wii U up by 3k (~13%)

3DS up by about 9k (~9%)

 

Week ending Apr 18th, compared to last year:

PS4 up by about 22k (~15%)

One up by about 36k (~65%)

Wii U more or less flat yoy

3DS down about 4k (~4%)

 

Week ending Apr 25th, compared to last year:

PS4 up by about 33k (~23%)

One up by about 38k (~75%)

Wii U up by about 3k (~11%)

3DS down by about 19k (~16%)

 

Week ending May 2nd, compared to last year:

PS4 up by about 24k (~17%)

One up by about 35k (~80%)

Wii U up by about 18k (~65%)

3DS down by about 23k (~20%)

 

Week ending May 9th, compared to last year:

PS4 up by about 9k (~6-7%)

One up by about 29k (~75%)

Wii U up by about 5k (~17%)

3DS down by about 17k (~15%)

 

Week ending May 16th, compared to last year:

PS4 up by about 7k (~5%)

One up by about 28k (~78%)

Wii U up by about 1.5k (~5%)

3DS down by about 16k (~15%)

 

Seems like a clear trend, One is by far seeing the most growth but has a long way to go, 3DS had a spike like I thought it would and is now on the continued downwards trend globally, also like I said it would.
Wii U showing small growth overall but this is right around the time when MK8 released last year so we'll likely see heavy downwards trending yoy for all of summer, even more than the 3DS.

PS4 showing some growth somewhere along the average for normal growth in the second CY, or somewhat below, still nice when viewed in context with the relative lack of big releases and still no price cut, but the One also has had no big releases and the price cut is getting old. Sony will probably have to take action before next year starts if they want to keep growing decently for 2016, I don't see Nintendo being able to do anything with their downwards trends for both handheld and home console and I don't think they really care since I believe both the 3DS and Wii U will get their successor next holiday season.

All in all; there is decent overall growth in the home console market, despite the One's huge percentages, the actual figures are still way below the 7th gen since both the One and especially the Wii U are moving slowly and the handheld curve is ridiculous in comparison over a similar time frame.
I would say that the industry is doing "okay", no less and certainly no more.

Edit; I forgot, YAY, WE HAVE NUMBERS AGAIN!