Nvidia: Console Software Sales are Flat, PC on the Rise

[Hirachi]

[citation][nom]burnley14[/nom]This doesn't surprise me as mainstream graphics are becoming more capable these days. Once an integrated GPU can play most titles on decent settings, I imagine that console gaming will take a really hard hit. If you can buy a mainstream laptop for everyday use and it also serves to play the latest games, why spend the ~$300 on a console as well?Since this hasn't been the case yet, and only higher-end machines that cost substantially more than a console have played games well (and often require upgrades to keep up with graphics progress), the tides will be changing very soon. Consoles have been successful for their convenience of playing everything well, without worries of compatibility or unplayable framerates. Once mainstream PC's can do the same, consoles will largely disappear. Just my two cents . . .[/citation]
I agree once AMD APUs start showing up in more prebuilt PC's we could see a very noticable sales boost. Right now a $600 HP Dv6 can get you this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdIfeHLdULQ now imagine the desktop counterparts since they offer better performance at cheaper prices. Not to mention if throw in a HD 6770 with it you'll get the ability to do higher graphic settings and resolution

 

[Guest]

bought a penitum i5 sandy bridge with 8gb ram from gateway for 500$ itll beable to play games for 4 years with better graphics than ps4 and xbox780 and prices will drop even more

 

[Guest]

Where the hell are you getting these speculatory values from? I'm sorry to be the nay sayer but affordable console hardware continues to dominate affordable PC hardware. Why is it that we can buy an XBox360 for $200 and Skyrim for $60 and sit there and play it while a comperable PC with the power to run the same game will run us upwards of $800+? Yes everyone has a PC, no they can't all run the newest games. But rest assured my XBox360 will flawlessly run any game they release for it. I'm never going to have to go drop $250 for a new video card to power my new game. What evidence shows that people will start wanting to spend more money for the same effect as what they can get on their HD TV right now?

 

[timw03878]

None of this means a hill of beans when every dollar spent is a dollar printed with nothing backing it.

The amount of inflation (expansion of the money supply) is off the charts.

I hope these companies and stockholders realize they have their money based in worthless fiat currencies..... which are always doomed to fail.