soon there will be 4k screes onphones(theres at least one right now anyway)....why?! its a small screen anyway........even on tablets its small.

they can match the graphics.......but NEVER the gameplay you get on consoles.

I'm sure there is a future and market share will be stolen by these tablets.  However, I do not see the demise of the dedicated consoles in the near future.  Apple, Samsung, Amazon (they already have started buying studios), etc would have to buy studios to compete against Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo.  I'll just be blunt and state that no matter what studios they buy that they will still have fierce competition from the big 3 because most small studios don't last long (usually have a one hit wonder then fade away (Zynga, Rovio, etc), can't make as good of games as bigger studios, or they get bought up by bigger 3rd party companies (EA) and dismantled.  I might be wrong but I don't see dedicated consoles going away for at least another 20+ years.  Most dedicated console gamers don't care too much about the games that are on Android and iOS marketplace (or they aren't good enough to play at home but perhaps to waste time when they are out).  Just look at Ouya sales.

Tablet sales are on the decline and people use their tablets for a variety of things. People appreciate the ability to come home and not have to plug something into their tv to play high end console games. It would be rather annoying when you're playing Call of Duty online via the Ipad and the wife wants to browse the web on the ipad. Consoles aren't doomed at least not anytime soon. Whatever effect cellphones and tablets were going to have on consoles for the major part has already taken place. If at some point in the future they found a way to have a major effect on traditional consoles i feel that at that point they would be considered part of the console race and thus not dooming consoles but rather expanding consoles.

Does anyone even buy mobile games passed like $5? Like I doubt that the $30 games are very popular...

I've suggested this since 2012. So far two years later and Apple/Google have failed to implement the full systems I stated would surely come.

They've both made serious moves to games but still no "console" equivalent games. Not even old ported stuff from PS360.

Still haven't fully supported and pushed a streaming solution or anything else.

I'm beginning to think that while the opportunity is there, Google/Apple simply don't really want to pursue that level of commitment.

IDK, this year Google is supposedly unleashing their AndroidTV that is what GoogleTV should have been and it is said to incorporate a controller as well as another big upgrades in Android 4.5 (or 5) that will focus on gaming. Guess we'll see in a couple weeks after their I/O conference.

Yeah, Apple's got a great chance of taking over gaming from consoles, I mean, they just released Modern Warfare 2 and 3 on Mac, May 20th.

Good points. Everyone points to power, but to me aspects such controls, storage space, game selection and pricing models are all big parts of gaming.

Maybe when those big AAA franchises can run on it...

Why do they need to buy or start a bunch of studios?  3rd party support is enough to make them successful.  If they are successful enough, they make consoles unsuccessful almost by default.  Amazon released their set top box that you buy a controller for $40.  A friend of mine has it and he can't believe how good it is considering what it is.  He is the definition of the casual gamer.  The problem is, if the casual gamer finds these kinds of devices to be good enough, then the console market will be cripppled.  If they can put out Call of Duty level games on these devices at some point, it will be over for consoles.  The studios that you reference will all be creating content for these devices to stay in business.

Never totally, games need something more tactile than a touch screen and more real estate than 11 inches once you reach a certain level of depth. If, hell when tablets match console power however soon that may be, covering half the screen to press vauge buttons is gonna hide those lovely graphics. If a tablet ships with a controller and they push the fact it can plug into a TV then it's just a console anyway and you've gone full circle. Sitting infront of a fifty inch LED with a controller that fits firmly in your hand, or with your VR headset on ;p it's just a more fulfilling experience, plus that same box can stream Netflix and the like to your big screen, they just fill different slots.