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Console industry dead in five to ten years, says Duncan

Ex-Microsoft Europe boss Sandy Duncan reckons this console generation will be the last.

“The industry is fundamentally driven by technology," he said, speaking here. "I think dedicated games devices i.e. consoles (and handhelds) will die [out] in the next 5 to 10 years. The business model is very risky and the costs associated with creating new hardware are incredibly high.”

He has a point. We're kind of sick of having to spend £40 million on boxes every console generation to play a few different games. Go Sandy, etc.

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Patrick Garratt: Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.
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