News Paradox: PC still strong, hardcore market not dying

Phifty Cal · 23 Jan 2011

Lazarus Dark said:

Do you know what is going to kill PC gaming? Smartphones.
Wait, listen to me. I don't mean GAMING on smartphones. I mean replacing pc's with smartphones. Think about it: I have a Moto Droid. I now do half of my web browsing, youtubing, email, banking, etc on it. But if I had a dock where I could plug it in at home and use a large screen and bluetooth keyboard, it would REPLACE my PC for everything except high end gaming.
This is what's coming: 90% of people don't need a pc, when a current or next-gen Android is going to do everything they want.
And the problem for PC gamers is: When PC component sales fall through the floor, imagine how expensive fast processors, motherboards and especially video cards will be come as economy of scale DECLINES. Only the most well-funded could afford gaming pc's... and then who is going to make games for this tiny market? This is when consoles will finally win.

Note: I love PC gaming, and I'm not fond of consoles due to their closed nature. I'm just a realist.
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The Motorola Atrix announced at CES does just that. Plugs into a dock and then switches to a more mouse friendly, PC-like OS complete with Firefox and whatnot It'll still take a long time before smartphones have the power of today's high-end PCs though.

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