The consoles future is and always has been a dark one. It's a business model that shaves fne slivers of profit on the edges however the logic problem with this article is not the notion that mobile games are on the up (because they certainly are) it is the implication that they will replace both console and PC-centric gaming which currently is neither feasible nor realistic given present hardware/storage/processing/power consumption requirements.
It is quite obvious that a game on the go that must be disrupted at any point when the gamer is required to put it down is hardly going to be an experience of the depth that requires you to devote hours to. You aren't going to find eve on-line on a Nokia Lumia. However, tablet devices meet an interesting middle ground, and while they suffer the same shortcomings as their mobile phone counter parts, there is more chasis space to work with and that presents an opportunity for better performing hardware so long as the battery can keep up to make it useful when you are mobile.
The crunch is this, if you expect a current mobile device to deliver the same experience that requires the performance of a modern desktop computer to render, then you are kidding yourself. The marketting people should stick to their target market. If you are expecting a bit of fun on the go, then you will come to appreciate the increasing performance of modern mobile hardware the experience on these devices will be as shallow as the resources available. In short the phone is for travel, the computer and consoles are for your home and both have their place. This does not mean that a phone is anywhere near competing with a desktop computer or console or even a specced up laptop in terms of the experiences that can be delivered.
Given the current state of 3G coverage and the restrictions imposed on data access while roaming even the data usage experiences of these devices leaves a lot to be desired never mind the graphical performance. The experience is what is important, and I have never expected much from my mobile devices, from my iphone, to the iPad to the Lumia, and they never fail to deliver on my expectation.