WW hardware + US software 18th October 2014

[Soundwave]

Ka-pi96 said:

Soundwave said:

Ka-pi96 said:

Yeah... but when aren't people saying consoles are doomed?

I don't recall much talk about consoles being doomed in the previous two or three generations at least. 

Partly because the industry has grown each successive gen for a while 

SNES + Genesis = 82 million

Playstation + N64 = 133 million

PS2 + GCN + XBox = 197 million

Wii + 360 + PS3 = 270 million

This gen will mark the first time we'll see a fairly large decline I think. 

I just remember them being 'doomed' for a long time. Before that it was PC gaming that was 'doomed', look how that turned out
Oh and lets not forget all the Ouya like consoles that claimed they were going to destroy Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo... yeah... that totally didn't happen

I don't think they're "doomed" but they are definitely on a decline and probably eventually headed towards being phased out especially if broadband caps in the US start to ease with fibreoptic. Like I do think there will be a Playstation 5 ... but a Playstation 6? Not so sure. There may not be a need for physical hardware in the traditional sense by then. 

I think this gen will end something like this ...

100 million (PS4) + 40 million (XB1) + 19 million (Wii U)