Consolation Prize: The Game Console Is Dead. What Will Replace It?

The development of Assassin’s Creed III spanned several continents and involved hundreds of people working for three years.
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That’s a big claim. But whether you agree or not, one thing is clear: video game consoles have changed in recent years. The rise of higher quality tablet games has put the squeeze on both manufacturers, who now cram more and more multimedia functionality into their consoles, and developers, who are cornering the expensive, high-end game market, in an attempt to stay relevant. Is the console as we know it fighting a losing battle?