Nintendo's install base shrunk from 250 million in Gen 7 to ~80 million in Gen 8

[tak13]

If Nintendo hadn't hit those anomalies, your thread wouldn't exist now,  as 8th gen is comparable with gens before 7th gen....

However, some people remember that wii/ds were anomalies, only when they want to use that as to  denigrate the extraordinary vast success of Nintendo in 7th gen!