Quote Originally Posted by Bob the Insane
Are the days of the pure PC limited?
Actually, I think the days of the console are limited. The only ways that PCs have changed is by becoming more user-friendly. That user-friendly aspect is what attracted people to consoles in the first place. Well, that and the much lower price.

Now we have consoles that use standard PC parts, run stripped down PC OSs, have internet access, and most importantly... aren't cheap anymore. You can build a decent gaming PC for $800. The top level PS3 costs $600. Not much of a difference anymore. If you look at the evolution of consoles, they have consistently become more and more like PCs, with an additional user-friendly aspect to them.

I see the future not as the death of the PC, but as the PC becoming the master control for all multimedia sources in the home. The PC isn't devolving, it is simply picking up more responsibilities and other devices are merging into it.