if you think about it, before TVs had computers integrated it made sense to have a console since you could use it to make your TV "smart", this was before the development of the Roku type computers. Heck to this day my ps4 is purely a netflix/youtube client for my dumb TV, prob i should just dump the ps4 since it uses way more electricity than a simple roku.
Nowadays it makes zero sense to have a console when you could have a "gaming" computer/server to stream to your TV.
A complete transition to videogame streaming services? With each company having their own platform (playstation service, nintendo service, xbox, etc..) With a monthly subscription + hourly rate? Seems like the logical development to me, probably the only reason it hasnt yet ocurred is latency but that is slowly improving.
if you think about it, before TVs had computers integrated it made sense to have a console since you could use it to make your TV "smart", this was before the development of the Roku type computers. Heck to this day my ps4 is purely a netflix/youtube client for my dumb TV, prob i should just dump the ps4 since it uses way more electricity than a simple roku.
Nowadays it makes zero sense to have a console when you could have a "gaming" computer/server to stream to your TV.
building on this, what is the next development?
A complete transition to videogame streaming services? With each company having their own platform (playstation service, nintendo service, xbox, etc..) With a monthly subscription + hourly rate? Seems like the logical development to me, probably the only reason it hasnt yet ocurred is latency but that is slowly improving.