Consoles aren’t dying, but they are changing

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No, the gaming console isn’t dying; it’s just being redefined.

Much like the gaming PC—which received more than a few obituaries in the early 2000s—consoles are currently grappling with a number of challenges, including dips in sales, a loss of exclusives, and, as one former PlayStation exec has suggested, a collapse in creativity.

But those challenges are more likely to engender new approaches to future consoles, which will be tied to everything from the hardware to business models to the sorts of games they play.

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