This was a topic I discussed with a gamer friend of mine. Basically we spoke about the rise of iOS and Browser style games, not to mention the Phoenix like resurrection of the PC market in the last couple of years, as well as the decline of notable console exclusives. This got us to wondering what will happen to the console in the next year, as each generation since 2000, it seems like consoles are becoming more and more like PCs, gaming stores are in decline as online markets take over, and honestly this generation has not been as ZOMG AMAZING like previous console generations.

My questions are simply this, what does a console offer that a PC cannot provide? Do you think iOS and PC gaming will eventually drive the console as we know it extinct? Do you think the PC is basically the evolutionary end of the console? Do you think part of this might be due to the rise of the West in gaming since PC has always been dominated by Western developers whereas consoles have are more dominated by the Japanese market?