Console are Now Tablets = Home Consoles Doomed?

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Landguy said:

archer9234 said:

 

Another thing you need to think about. Since you want an all in one device. You won't be able to fully multi task anymore. If your tablet repalces your TV, PC, and game system. You won't be able to do a lot of those things at the same time. Then charging the device all the time will start getting tiresome. It's good in theory. Because you don't have to keep track of a lot of stuff. But in the long run, it could start getting redicluess.

And consoles can easily survive by a simple factor. Refusing to put their most wanted games on IOS or Android. Nintendo will keep selling handhelds just because they have Pokemon etc. Kids will always see ads for games. And will want them. Along with their IOS games. Regardless of tablets. There are people who will not switch over. Like there are people who still buy CD/DVD/BD because they want to own. If the market makes money to support itself. Whatever Netflix or Apple does won't matter. It's the same logic when People always call the Gamecube and Wii a failure. Yes they failed for the consumers wants in more features and modern tech. But both didn't fail making profit to keep Nintendo going. A thing really fails if both consumer image and profits are lost.

I agree with your comment here mostly.  I don't think that a tablet/PC/laptop/whatever will replace TVs really ever.  The experience of watching things in a large forwat can't be replaced. 

As far as charging devices go, if you din't want to go wireless when transmitting your content from your tablet to your TV, you could use the TV's power to keep it charged.  My ipad 2 has an HDMI adapter that allows you to charge/keep charged the ipad while watching content on your tv from the device.  Also, when you stream content to the tv via wifi from the ipad 2, the screen on the ipad shuts off.  This drastically reduces the power usage.  I can't speak to any improvements made since the ipad 2, as that is the only apple tablet that I have.  I do know that my wifes iphone 5s does that all too and in high def.

I am not out to get rid of consoles.  I am just practical in my belief that soon enough we won't need them as a stand alone device.  I think the idea of PSNOW by itself will be enough to get rid of them eventually

You know, that brings up an interesting thought. What if our TVs could replace consoles? Now that would be nice. I'm not suggesting Apple TV / Google TV / Amazon TV would be the way to do it. I mean the actual TV. All-in-one's are close enough I suppose, though I'd like to find a more powerful one.