The Consoles Are Dying, Says Developer

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While you might have often heard that PC gaming is dying — detractors have been claiming this for over a decade — one developer has a different take: that consoles are the ones on the way out (http://www.itproportal.com/2012/03/13/the-consoles-are-dying-says-developer/). In a 26-minute presentation at GDC — available now as a slideshow with a voice-over (http://www.slideshare.net/bcousins/when-the-consoles-die-what-comes-next) — Ben Cousins, who heads mobile/tablet game maker ngmoco, uses statistics of electronic and gaming purchases, along with market shares of developers and publishers from just a few years ago, to come to some surprising conclusions. The old guard, including the three big console manufacturers — Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft — are losing out when compared with the new generation of gaming platform developers: Facebook, Apple and Google. With the new companies, the size of the audience is vastly increased because of their focus on tablets, mobile and browser-based gaming.

http://games.slashdot.org/story/12/03/14/0354237/the-consoles-are-dying-says-developer