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TruckOSaurus said:

Xbox + PlayStation
6th Gen - 182.33m
7th Gen - 173.21m
8th Gen - 167.37m (could reach 170m)

I wonder if the 9th Gen will be the first to see growth for those combined numbers?

You've got to realize why these numbers are declining.  It is because Nintendo has taken away little bites during Gen 7 and Gen 8.  During Gen 7 the Wii ate into XB + PS sales during the early years, but then a lot of these people came back over to the XBox360 because of Kinect.  The result is that the Wii only took a small bite in the end.  For the Gen 8 consoles, the Switch took a bite into their sales, mostly during 2019 and 2020.  Neither of these systems had great tail end sales.  They probably could have avoided this problem by dropping their price below $300, but when the Switch is the same price, it looks like a better buy.

Expect Nintendo to take a really big bite this time around.  You shouldn't be looking for Gen 9 PX+XB to be up.  You should be looking for a big drop.