"They're stuck in this no-man's-land of being in the middle between the national and regional players, " says Lin.

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Since games are being built to scale down from the top-end (which means PCs) down to the low-end (smartphones) consoles are stuck in the middle and not able to move the industry from a technical standpoint.

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Yesterday was Google, tomorrow is Microsoft -- stuck in the middle?

ENGADGET

Wait much longer and you'll be stuck in the middle seat on the red-eye.

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One big economic reason why countries get stuck in this "middle-income trap" is that they reach what is known as the " Lewis Point".

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While I was slinking into my late teens, the playlist of that low-budget station felt like it was stuck in my middle-school years.

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