I don't think anyone will take Microsoft's place in the Gaming Industry.

[PhaseJump]

What if Panic took Microsoft's place with a home Playdate and a full-size crank

 

[Dodgykebaab]

I think we're watching the slow death of consoles. At least as we know them.

Like... what even is a console these days? Back in ye olden times, you had to develop for hyper specific custom hardware (arcade games were the epitome of this).

You could quite easliy apply that train of thought to PC's though.

Is a peronal computer a piece of hardware that you type lines of code into anymore or has it evolved into something else?
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A console is a type of computer designed to play platform specific software. Always has been, always will be.