Former Xbox of Europe Vice President Sandy Duncan spent fifteen years with Microsoft and played a key role in setting up Microsoft’s console presence in the region.  Contrary to his achievements (no pun intended) he believes that the home console as we know it is on its way out in as soon as five years.

GameDaily reports:

“If this does happen, it could represent a radical change to the structure of the video game industry itself and the hierarchy of the dominant players. ‘[Look] at how quickly Popcap or Oberon are growing, or look at what has happened to World of Warcraft in the last 3 to 4 years as so many more homes have easy access to decent broadband services,’ Duncan said. ‘Maybe you’ll see YoYo Games (Duncan’s company founded with Michael Cassius, a former senior exec at Microsoft) competing with EA in 5 years… [and] why not?’”

Just as gaming seems to be hitting its peak, is the market doomed to failure?

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