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"There comes a time when we all declare the war is over": Former PlayStation Studios boss Shawn Layden on the future of video game consoles (www.eurogamer.net)
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Most of the article is on AAA development as a whole but I found it interesting the comments about consoles in general.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago

This is only a problem for capitalist shareholders (aka the ultra wealthy) who need to extract more wealth from consumers than they did last quarter but they're already at the limit of how much they can do so. Now the largest barrier is time and attention.