Many decided to kill consoles years ago after the rise of the PC and the comparisons of this hardware in architecture. However, we have seen how the costs between the two devices to play have stabilized, and consoles continue to be of vital importance in the video game market. Actually, I am convinced that if we had not had this shortage and this increase in the cost of components, sales would have almost doubled.
Similarly, and despite the problems, new consoles, including the Nintendo Switch, are selling like hotcakes. So it seems that these types of machines are in very good shape today.
What will happen in 10 years? No one knows…
However, Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, is not so clear. In the series of questions they posed to the director, replied that it wasn’t so clear, and wondered about the continuity of consoles in a time frame of 10 years from now. This is obviously just guesswork, and he uses the typical Microsoft devious tone.
Phil Spencer has already confirmed in the past that The Xbox Series wouldn’t be Microsoft’s last consoleso at least Smith’s words shouldn’t be taken as something absolute, but as a guess given the uncertainty about where the market is headed.
There may be someone else here in 2033,
Now, none of us can predict exactly what the dominant form factor in gaming will be a decade from now. Will consoles continue to play the role they do, will it be phones, will it all be in a metaverse or something else. Who knows.
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What do you think? Do you think these will be the last consoles or is this type of game system still sane?
