Gaming is far more open-ended and involved than books, film/tv, listening to music, etc. because of interactivity. I do dream of a day where you can play Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft games all on one platform. While there could be negative aspects to that, there would be a lot of positives. People can disagree with me all they want but I think dedicated game hardware will die in the 2030s or 2040s. Computers and smart devices will be virtually the only way (if not the only way) to play video games by then.

Gaming as it feels like it's too accessible. Going to sound elitist. It's a very mass market and when you go mass market you as a corp try to appeal to the masses more than the core. So many devs are so risk-averse now. It's a greedier industry now than ever. Way worse than Arcades ever was. 90s was best as it was still somewhat niche and devs were more prone to try new ideas to appeal to this core group. No one will care about Fortnite in 20 years. While people still remember and play their fave arcade games of yesteryear that were designed to fuck you over to spend more money...except if you were skilled enough you could beat em on 1 credit. Where the term 1cc came from. Do you think we will get a 1MTX term? So I wish for the opposite. To become more exclusive again.

The day everything is on one platform is the day creativity fully dies from big publishers. When SEGA went multiplatform, they abandoned most of their classic IPs and just focused on their big mainstays. You no longer worry about profiting from a game selling on 1 platform..but multiple. More expensive and easier to get lost in a release shuffle of other games. SEGA used to be an IP machine...then became a Sonic factory. If Nintendo left consoles in 2016 after Wii U. Series like Xenoblade would die. Astral Chain likely would have never happened. Those smaller budget games trying something new would not happen.

How more accessible can it realisticaly be? All software need a platform to work on, so it's not like we aren't going to need whatever hardware to play any time soon, and the technological advancements mean that better and better tech will be needed over time. If you don't want that, you could use streaming (which still needs your own hardware compatible with the service plus controllers and such) or just go to the arcade, or some of those gaming bars where you can play any console.

A brand-new movie for $15 - $20 in the movie theater or a new Blu-ray release for $15 - $20 will entertain you for 2 - 3 hours.

Most brand-new games for $40 - $70, less than one year old games for $20 - $40 and a bit older games for $5 - $20 will entertain you for dozens of hours.

Gaming is a lot cheaper per hour than watching new movies.  

First, buy a used Xbox One S for around $100, then buy GamePass for a few bucks per month. Enjoy all these games for a few bucks per month, including new games, classics, AAA games, AA games and indie games...

Or buy a last gen console with dozens of games included for around $100...

Or buy a used PC for $100 - $200 and play free games (f.e. the Epic freebies every week, many itch.io games), very cheap games (Humble bundles, Steam deals, GOG classics, Indiegala bundles, Fanatical bundles...)

Or buy a Switch lite for $200 and buy cheap eShop games...

Or play games on the device you already have (smartphone, tablet)... between the shovelware there are also very good games (most of them port from other systems)

And if your child/relative/friend can't play with normal controllers: buy him/her an Xbox adaptive controller.

Gaming has never been as affordable and accessible than today.

Do i hate it when people point to other media to give example how videogaming can be improved. Blatant ignorance.

Try develop AAA with nothing but a typewriter...

Yes, definitely. Console gaming is something pretty exclusive here, most people can only afford some cheaper PC games, because they can't afford a console and triple A games

People are coming down a bit hard on you,it's a valid question and there's always something that can be improved.

Or some things can be made worse. And that happens.

Video games are a lot more tied to their hardware and its abilities than books and movies/TV. The latter two are pre-recorded images that play out exactly the same every time. Video games are meant to change, in varying degrees, with the player's input, whether you're playing Call of Duty or Animal Crossing, even with streaming, and streaming will never be as good as dedicated hardware on the user's end.