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Are the Days of Game Consoles and Gaming PCs Numbered?

Are the days of traditional video game consoles and gaming PCs numbered? Microchip meterologist Rik Myslewski sees game-filled clouds on the horizon.

Today, the best gaming experiences are found on big-screen TVs hooked up to gaming consoles from Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo, or on the displays of PCs tricked out with the latest and greatest graphics cards. That’s about to change, say the graphics gurus at Nvidia, who have announced a new server-based platform that will handle all the game-graphics heavy lifting up in the cloud, then send gaming goodness over the internet to your smart TV, Mac, iPad, iPhone, or whatever device your little heart desires, irrespective or what operating system that game was originally designed for.

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