Quote Originally Posted by Bolivar View Post
But the idea of PCs replacing them is slightly silly. PCs may do all this stuff, and better, but it's still better done in the living room than on a desk.
When I was referring to multimedia PC's earlier that was a misnomer on my part. What I meant were home theatre PC's, which are meant to be hooked up in the living room and replace things like PVR's, cable boxes, DVD players, etc. There's no reason that market can't expand to compete directly with consoles. Not that there's anything preventing a person from hooking up any PC to a TV (the last few months I was still living with my parents I actually had my desktop connected to my HDTV in my bedroom since I didn't have room for a desk and another monitor). The funny thing is, I actually greatly prefer gaming at my desk on my PC now, though that may have a little bit to do with a 22" monitor, some nice speakers, and a really comfy chair.

I won't touch your comment on indie developers, simply because I think Rostum covered anything I would have said. There are a lot of indie developers starting because veteran's of the industry are leaving big companies and venturing off on their own. Often because they don't have the level of freedom they want to make the games they want to make at the big developers.