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.

 

[medisinn]

I feel like people are conflating them personally not liking newer consoles with those consoles being unpopular in general.

According to VGChartz, as of July 2025 the Switch 2 has sold 7 million and the PS5 78 million, in 2 months and a little under 5 years respectively.

Consoles aren't going anywhere. Are they lacking innovation? Yeah. Is Sony's output lacking this gen? Yep. Is Nintendo getting greedy as hell? Absolutely. These things are still selling though, Xbox excluded.