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Actually, we are just seeing a return to normalcy. Gen 7 *WAS AN ANOMALY*. People need to understand that. Not that it should need explaining.

Gen 6 to Gen 7 was a growth from less than 200 million to over 260 million and handhelds went from a bit over 80 million to over 200 million. That's an insane amount of growth. Especially with the distribution (3 consoles doing HUGE numbers is unusual). And part of that was people who are not part of the actual console marketing stepping in temporarily and those who are in the market owning multiples (the Wii was owned by quite a lot of people as a secondary/party console alongside other machines). Those two factors have now faded, what we are seeing is a return to sales more in line with Gen 6 and such.