Do you expect the 8th Gen to be smaller than the 7th?

[radishhead]

With supposed competition in the form of smartphones taking over the handheld market, do you feel that something similar may happen to the videogames market in general?

Points to Consider:

- Will development costs mean that gaming will become too expensive for the average person?

- Will longer working hours mean less time for all but the youngest gamers to play games?

- Will there be an entertainment phenomenon that will replace the videogames market?

- Will one of the leading console manufacturers be forced to drop out next gen due to a shrinking market?

 

So many questions, all of which are impossible to predict precisely - but we can make some good guesses :) What do you think? Are we looking for a larger upcoming generation than the current, or will the market shrink with devastating consequences?