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Consoles Obsolete Next Gen, Some Dude Says

WOULD SOMEONE FROM NINTENDO TURN THE LIGHTS OFF ON THE WAY OUT? THX.In addition to showcasing some real nifty bits of technology yesterday, HP held a panel on gaming featuring some industry types, like Games For Windows director Rick Wickham and Trion World Networks CEO Lars Butler.

In what was surely a fun, backslapping roundtable foretelling great fortune on the PC gaming Windows platform, Butler received a message from the future, one that told him that the gaming console biz was on its last legs, CVG reports.

Quiet! Lars Butler's speaking:

I believe the days of the console are numbered. There is one more generation of gaming consoles and that is it.

Well, I believe I can fly. Furthermore, I believe I can touch the sky.

With consoles becoming more and more PC-like (i.e. network ready, stock rewritable storage, totally patchable), it makes me wonder what distinction we'll have between the two in the next-gen. But, one thing I know for sure, when Trion World Networks speaks, people listen.

"The days of consoles are numbered", claim PC bosses [CVG]

3:40 PM on Thu Apr 5 2007
By Michael McWhertor
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