Is this the last console generation?

[lt_dan_27]

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

lt_dan_27 said:
There is literally nothing pointing to console dying after this gen. Console sales have increased overall every single generation. This one isn't over yet. But both the ps4 and xbox one shattered sales launch records.

Except for Digital Distribution/Streaming which makes hardware increasingly irrelevant.

Granted, Internet proliferation will take a while, but the reasons consoles exist is because they have an ease of use and price advantage against pcs vs a power/fidelity advantage against smartphones.

The walls are closing in, once mobile becomes powerful enough or PC becomes cheap enough then the market for console hardware will drastically decreased and it would be more profitiable to develop virtual consoles. 

People saying they expect this gen to be short because of shitty wii u performance and Japan are misinformed, this will probably be the longest and last gen, I'd fully expect the PS5, the Nextbox Two, and the Nintendo Wiivolution to be either microconsoles or virtual consoles.

But I'm not a rapper.

new technologies mark a probable eventual death.

And no matter how strong mobile gets, you'll always be able to fit something more powerful into a bigger box though. 

I personally think this gen will be shorter than the last one, and will last 5 years. Then there will be one more console gen in its current form. After that, there will be no reason to not just get a PC anymore. After that, I agree that console will likely be a micro or virtual console. I don't consider that the death of consoles, I consider it the natural evolution of them. I'm hoping once this happens, consoles will finally become an open platform where you can get games on whatever system, but that's probably unlikely.