Computers are beginning to have a hard time keeping up. There s one thing about the new argument that bugs me as well. It s come to a point where consoles are hardly consoles anymore. They are gaming dedicated computers. They excel because they are built from the ground up with a single function in mind, playing games, and maybe browsing the net.
Computers are multifunctional melting pots of features.
It s still a bit off before you load of Quicken on the PlayStation to do your taxes, but it s not very far fetched. If you simplify it, we now have the Sony operating system, the Nintendo OS, Microsoft s Windows-XBOX OS, Windows for the PC, and then of course the various flavors of Unix, Linux, and Mac. While the systems are beginning to blur in their construction, one thing is growing quite a distance apart. In the past, each console system has had a few flagship titles that were its bulk of quality and innovation, while computer games seemed to be a paradise of creativity and open ended gaming. Now with the battlefield leveling, each system is becoming it s own little paradise of unique, and creative games.