I do not think cs will die out, they may change and become more multi-media orientated but they won't die out. This guy is bias anyway and Nintendo won't die out, they'll find a way.

I don't really get his point... Is he talking about cloud computing as if it can do the same tasks as a local processor/GPU (i.e. a console)? I guess so because he says there'll be no box under the TV...

If so, I'd like to introduce him to my friend, Mr. Light Speed Limit.

Ok it seemed interesting that he could make such a prediction. You never know what the future may hold. 10 years ago no one would of predicted that music and movie downloads would be as popular as they are today.

I could imagine its possible MS or Sony could go the way of video games being fully downloadable and no more consoles in the furture. Bear in mind both Sony and MS had to make a 1 to 2 billion dollar loss to get their new consoles (PS3 and XBox 360) on the market.
An earlier report I have seen on this site showed the profits that the three companies Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have made in the period 2000 to 2008. Nintendo had a profit of around $9 billion. Sony's profit had shrunk to around $2 billion. Microsoft had a loss of around $5 billion.

But if there are no consoles, what will you download the games to?

Oh. I thought he was talking about the current consoles, lol.

However, he is still an idiot.

I guess all games would be downloaded to a storage device system for all the gaming companies in the future. Game discs would be a thing of the past. The storage system would be a computer, consoles are becoming more and more like computers require more storage capacity.

So, because a piece of hardware lets you download games instead of putting in disks it is not a console anymore?

I am not entirely convinced by this convergence theory. Not everyone wants a generalised all in one device, especially if those extra features aren't absolutely necessary. Take the PSP for example - although the multimedia functionality of the PSP is impressive, I regard it as peripheral to the fundamental gaming functions of a handheld. All these added features make the unit more expensive than it could be. Likewise with the PS3. I suspect that while some aspects of technology will indeed converge, there will always be a place for more specialised niche devices.

With the current growth of the console industry and handhelds in particular, to suggest that console gaming will die out soon is contradictory.

Game discs are subject to limited storage capcity. DVD's are maxed out at 9GB. Blu-Ray Discs are up to 8 layers each up to 25GB total storage capacity of a Blu-ray disc is 200GB.