Believe me I get bitten by this yo-no-more-edit crap all the time so welcome to the club there. I had an edit in there which would have remove some fuel from this discussion but yo-no-more-edit made it vanish and I had been too pissed to write it again.
Anyways. Concerning gaming on general purpose computers I don't think it's dying. This is something the AAAs want people make believe since they smell more cash in the console market than in the PC market which they ruined themselves. This though is a lie since you loose money due to piracy a lot faster (and in larger quantities) on a console than a PC. On a PC you have to crack each game. On a console you have to crack the console once and you can play all games. That's quite a difference which should not be neglected. So in general I am convinced that PC gaming is always superior to console gaming no matter how specialized these machines might get in the future. They are okay for party games if all your buddies are so drunk they can't even figure out anymore how stupid the game is they are playing right now. Aside from that though, and therefore for "serious" gaming it's just a nuisance.
Anyways. Concerning gaming on general purpose computers I don't think it's dying. This is something the AAAs want people make believe since they smell more cash in the console market than in the PC market which they ruined themselves. This though is a lie since you loose money due to piracy a lot faster (and in larger quantities) on a console than a PC. On a PC you have to crack each game. On a console you have to crack the console once and you can play all games. That's quite a difference which should not be neglected. So in general I am convinced that PC gaming is always superior to console gaming no matter how specialized these machines might get in the future. They are okay for party games if all your buddies are so drunk they can't even figure out anymore how stupid the game is they are playing right now. Aside from that though, and therefore for "serious" gaming it's just a nuisance.
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