I think consoles only have a generation or 2 left in them same with high-end gaming PCs. Gaming will eventually go streaming on a subscription or pay per hour basis. Either through reasonably basic PCs or through your HDTV with built in multi-media streaming device.
The ongoing cycle of each gamer/gaming household buying upgraded hardware every few years is terribly wasteful. Whether console or PC is more wasteful is obviously debatable.
I think Samsung and Valve should do something in this direction with a line of TVs (of different sizes for different budgets) with a built in Valvebox to get the ball rolling.
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