The "consoles are dead" years were hilarious in retrospect

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I mean the platforms that released between 2011-2013 for the most part did astonishingly worse than their predecessors.

DS - 154 M

3DS - 76 M

Difference - 78 M

PSP - 81 M

Vita - 16 M

Difference - 65 M

Wii - 102 M

Wii U - 14 M

Difference - 88 M

Xbox 360 - 86 M

Xbox One - 51 M

Difference - 35 M

PS3 - 87 M

PS4 - 117 M

Difference + 30 M

So barring the PS4 compared to the PS3 all the dedicated consoles were down massively compared to their predecessors and the PS4's gain were modest in hindsight. Around 236 M units less collectively. Certainly wasn't a healthy period for dedicated gaming devices.

The dedicated handheld market is pretty much dead. The closest thing surviving is the Switch Lite. The Switch was a bounce back of sorts but...