ye of course they do, tell me what are these things everyone is buying then mate?

Whatever you say man!

How about spending less time living off your past work and more time making a decent game?

So MS, Nintendo will just put two dual cores in their next box slap some plastic on it and we'll be set. Sony will put 3 cells in a box with a dual core and we'll have another 5 years of gaming.

This guy is entitled to his opinion but I think he's way off. Look how far computers have come and they still haven't replaced consoles. Computers were around when the original Nintendo came out and were out as well during the launch of every console since and still they have not replaced consoles. In fact, the console community has gotten much larger.

Consoles are more affordable than computers. Computers have had the technical advantage on consoles since probably the beginning. We all have computers (I'm sure on this site) and many homes have computers but you still have 10m 360 owners, 6m Wii owners, 3m PS3 owners and over 100m PS2 owners!

Most people view their computer as a beast of burden. Its for work purposes. I said MOST people. Some play an occasional game on their computer but if MOST really want to game they buy a gaming system for that purpose. I think consoles are safe until people's idea of what they use for gaming changes.

people want the best

as far the clown saying concoles are garbage {yeah i really want to spend three grand on a pc set-up that devolpers dont take full advantage of}

The PC industry needs to 'rethink'. It is too upgradeable and change is in a matter of days. What was 'top of the line' today is tomorrow's old news.

What the PC industry needs is 'console-like' thinking. When you buy a PC, you just happen to play games as an option. When you buy a console, you buy it for gaming. So what will it be?

You need consistency PC gaming people .... consistency!

One word

DAIKATANA

Said enough!

Change is what is bringing this lifestyle down. Change brought about main-stream gaming. Change made a system JUST for FPS's. Change created a genre of mini-games that will never satisfy our emotional needs. Change will destroy this industry. Get ready for the gaming revolution. It won't take long...

GTAIV is coming

I like playing sitting on my couch looking at my 42" plasma. It is comfortable and relaxing. Why would I change that? So I can sit at a desk all hunched over? Nah games are meant to be fun I would rather play a PS3 or 360 from my couch any day!!!!

Maybe not this time but you can bet the next console generation will have a fully functional OS including Home business/School functionality. People like this guy are crazy to think that Sony and Microsoft are just going to close a blind eye to Technology. They will also benefit from the reduce cost associated with technology as well as the power. I bet the next Xbox 360 will be minimum Quad processor plus a 1 Gig of Ram and an impressive graphic chip (maybe even dual GPU). Hopefully by the Real High speed internet will be widely adopted enough that we can dump the disc and just stick with downloadable content and expandable Hard Drives/hot swappable (Hard Drives are getting cheaper and cheaper). Maybe in 5 years flash drives will become cheap enough and big enough to replace the disc who knows (convience of a disc speeds faster than hard drive and no moving parts).

Lots of room for improvement. Also PC manufactures don't have the luxury of software royalties like the Console manufactures do so selling their PC at a loss is less likely than Sony or Microsoft Selling their systems at a loss.

The end of Main stream gaming on the PC is coming to an end.

I never heard about that... what is that? I never use my PC for games... it's for working... my windows xp will ruined if I install many games in it dude~
keyboard & mouse is just perfect for FPS games... and civ types

nuff said.

The rethink has been done already. It's the PS3.

Consoles(lead by Ps3 with Linux installed) are going to be PC alternatives(media Centre, gaming, internet, productivity) in the medium performance range.

The average PC user doesn't need a high performance PC which has to have expensive upgrades every two years to keep up with the lastest software or OS upgrade. Just buy one relatively cheap piece of h/w that will easily last 5 years. It's the cheapest option long term.

With Linux installed on your Ps3, thousands of free open source software(incl OpenOffice, The Gimp, NVU, Inkscape, Scribus, Blender 3D, MythTV) are immediately made available and would have cost you thousands to buy commercially. You really don't need to buy the lastest version of MS Office when you can get most of what you need with OpenOffice, completely free.

High Performance PCs should only be for those whose work requires them(eg. Developers, Engineers, Scientists etc) or serious gamers. And if a gamer would spend thousands putting together a Kick-ass gaming PC, he'd have to be either rich or stupid to buy a game console as well.

The PC console is the future and it will fill a niche. Once most people realise they don't need to buy a PC for their everyday needs and that they can get all they require from a console then enough said. But the pricing must be such that it is an obvious buy over the PC. Remember: high end PC for those who truly need it, console for the majority.

The next gen consoles will be PC alterntives. This will also respark the war between Micro$oft and Linux. Micro$oft is likely to eventually turn its console into a PC alternative with its own OS. This would force Sony to turn GameOS into a full OS like Vista or pick up something that already exists - a Unix based OS.

Sony is unlikely to put a Winblow$ system on their machine. It could do what Apple did with OSX by creating its own based on BSD. My bet is they'll just create an optimized distribution of Linux - its more stable, secure, powerful & most of the codes out there already and thoroughly tested. This new OS could probably be ported to PCs. If that happens, let the OS wars begin. The rise of Linux and overthrow of Winblow$.

So look to future consoles offering a media centre, gaming, internet & productivity. It's inevitable.

RIP the game console and PC. Viva la Playstation 3!!! Viva la PC Console.