Of course, with next-gen sounding online connectivity, Bungie's silence on next-gen consoles is little more than a temporary vow -- Destiny seems a lock for (at very least) Sony and Microsoft's next consoles, if not also the PC (Wii U's looking unlikely).
However, the flat revenues do reflect at least a lack of growth in the PC business if not an outright decline.
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This is also processor heavy software so beware if you do not have a high-end PC.
Ultimately, smart cards will plug into a PC -- and the ATM, if not the bank branch, could one day become obsolete.
Meanwhile, the spirit if not the brand lives on in splinter projects from the endlessly fascinating PC gaming scene to the East.
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Even if PC and tablet sales decelerate later this year, they are not likely to contract by 30%.
If the Ativ label makes its way into stores, though, it may give Samsung a much catchier (if not entirely intuitive) name for its Windows devices than Series 5 Hybrid PC.
If not, Palm hardware is destined to suffer the same fate as all those forgotten PC makers of the 1980s and MP3 players of the 1990s: commoditized, converged, consolidated.
The company said if that does not change, it expects to support DVD playback by licensing technologies directly to PC makers and software vendors.
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But if PC makers find their way, it sounds like it will be despite Windows 8, not because of it.
With many users starting to use computer monitors to play console games, if the Xbox can run Explorer, Office, Skype and most if not all the other 3rd party apps, then a lot of people might just buy an Xbox instead of a PC as their primary computer at home.
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