Game Consoles Expected to Tromp PCs

m3000 writes "Computer game consoles are predicted to increase their sales while computer game software sales are expected to go down, according to this article. I'm not suprised, as consoles are much easier to use than PCs. " And rapidly growing in power, too. In a few years, will there really be much difference between a "game machine" and a "home" computer?

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In a few years

[stevelinton]

The poster asks: "In a few years, will there really be much difference between a "game machine" and a "home" computer?"

At the present rate of progress the game machine will be faster and with a much better graphics engine.

I once saw an advertisment, dating from the early years of this century for a wonderful device: "The Home Electric Motor" It came in various sizes, needed only a modicum of regular weekly and annual maintenance and had a fabulous range of attachments for carbet-beating, egg-whisking, clothes washing, etc. etc.

I rather feel that the present "home computer" is a comparable beast, and will eventually go the same way -- absorbed into single-function appliances -- sealed for life and maintenance free.

In twenty years, our homes will be full of computers, but we will interact with none of them directly.