Forever? As in 10,000 years or more? I daresay none of the existing gaming console companies will be around in the year 12,012. It's doubtful they will be around (or recognisable) in 2112. I don't think game consoles will be around 20 years from now. Video gaming will evolve away from game consoles, and there will be no PC/console divide.
Services like Onlive are really the future of gaming, though there won't be a dedicated gaming box. You'll have an all in one media centre and you'll pick and choose what you use it for. The faster and more reliable internet speeds become the less need there is for buying physical copies, downloading games.
Funny how game publishers want to kill off the rental market, when eventually "renting" games is how everyone will play. You pay to play, you don't pay to own.
It's the unified gaming field theory.
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