Amazon Gaming Chief Says Soon We Won’t Need No Stinking Consoles
Alright, that's not exactly what he said, but it's not far off. Speaking to the BBC, Amazon's head of gaming Jeff Gattis said that he believes that gamers will give up their dedicated gaming machines (like gaming consoles and gaming PCs) in favor of streaming due to the rising cost of owning such hardware. He's wrong, but if you're not a gamer it's a reasonable presumption.
Specifically, what he said was this:
"As hardware becomes more expensive, and as streaming technology continues to improve, I think you'll naturally see more people asking whether they actually need that dedicated device."
- Amazon General Manager of Gaming Jeff Gattis
Here's the thing: from an executive's point of view, it makes sense, and this miserable future is deeply tantalizing (again, from an executive's point of view). Gattis points to the fact that "only a fraction" of gamers own dedicated gaming hardware, which is...
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