Amazon gaming executive Jeff Gattis says the future of gaming could involve far fewer players buying dedicated consoles. His view is tied to the rising cost of gaming hardware, which may encourage more people to access games through online streaming instead of owning expensive devices at home.
The idea behind cloud gaming is simple: players stream games over the internet rather than running them on a console or high-end PC. If that model improves, it could lower the barrier to entry for people who want to play new titles without paying for the latest gaming tech.
Still, industry observers say that shift has not fully happened yet. According to the BBC report, games business professor Joost van Dreunen said cloud gaming has struggled to reach the mass market because of problems such as latency and uneven performance, both of which can affect how responsive and reliable games feel.
That means the long-term case for streaming games may be growing stronger as hardware prices climb, but technical limits remain a major hurdle. For now, the prediction points to a possible change in how people play, even if consoles are not disappearing anytime soon.
