Alby_da_Wolf said:
A203D said:
Alby_da_Wolf said:
About this gen ending early: every competitor, Ninty, MS and Sony, due to the awkward, jumping up and down, almost unpredictable sales patterns risks heavy drawbacks either from releasing next gen early or late, so the PC could benefit from their harsh fight and troubles and make a huge comeback.
Yes, you guessed it right, consoles are D0MED!!! 
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I also have this viewpoint, because its not logical buisness sense to for Sony or MS to launch new consoles when the're current consoles havent managed to achieve the success of their competitor or previous consoles. and the Wii is siginigficantly underpowered compared to both consoles, so its illogical for either company to even think about increasing the power threshold of their current models, when thats clearly not the deciding factor.
however its unlikely that PCs can accumulate the console market, because of the cost and accessibility differences, consoles are mostly plug and play, PCs require setting up and installing, they are more expensive, they're not considered gaming devices by the general consumer because they have other primary funcitons. with consoles the consumer just buys 1 model that will last the next few years, a PC requires too much maintainence, software protection, updating hardware etc, the list is huge.
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Yes, I was half joking, but there is a fact, that just like consoles, PC gaming too has overall oscillating sales pattern, and the growing part of its curve often happens when consoles overall curve is in a decreasing phase and vice versa, so it t's quite normal that success and unsuccess of both fields always look amplified by this alternation. And each time doomsayers of either field go ballistic. But actually, both fields have their pros and cons and they are so different that the survival of both consoles and PC gaming is always ensured, as they really cannot replace each other. But let's admit it, the doom and gloom talk is often quite amusing.
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