Are Consoles Headed for Extinction?

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Sky Render said:
Is it 1983 again? Because I could have sworn that I'd seen this article before about how Atari and its competitors were falling behind, and all the REAL sales were on the PC. Sure, the names are changed, but it sounds exactly the same. Oh wait, there's an acknowledgment of a system breaking records and making waves, so it must be 1987 again, then. I recall a lot of pro-PC articles coming out then too, and the declaration of consoles as dead even though the NES was a rising star back in the day bringing the industry back to life before their disbelieving eyes.

Why is it that journalists have no recognition of the past, or of patterns that emerge in the very markets they're supposed to be watching? It boggles the mind.

 Beat me to it, I remember seeing this also... I can't remember where but look at sales on the HD console; they aren't as near to close to as many want them to be but they aren't generating shit in terms of revenue. How could any company look at GTA sales and Halo sales and say "well guys, were gunna give up our blockbuster so we can copy the Wii because it makes abit more money in this small timeframe we choose to only observe." Of course we can see a new type of console being out for awhile (Wii) that doesn't mean HD consoles are dead unless the console companies are as close minded as the person writing articles about "Console Extinction."