According to a recent article just 14% of the money generated by the video-game industry in North America is ATTRIBUTED to PC games. Note that digitally distributed games not is taken in account. http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50939

These numbers has MADE some people to (once again) claim that the PC soon is dead as a gaming console. But maybe it not is as bad as it sounds if you THINK about the PC as one of 6 big gaming consoles ( I am thinking of PC, X-box 360, PS3, Wii, PSP, DS) and the fact that digitally distributed games not is taken in account in these numbers. Even THOUGHT it is clear that more and more people is abandon the PC for other gaming consoles.

So my question is what you think the future of the PC as a gaming console will be like? Will more and more people abandon the PC until it actually dies as gaming console? Will the PC soon have an renaissance as gaming console?I dont think pc will become a console because pc uses THINGS what a console cant (not yet anyway) e.g. mouse keyboard and you are able to buy upgradeable items and build your own pc. its is easier to navigate between multiple tasks and also companies like intel and amd are always thinking of other ways to improve the performance of the pc....
but at the same time consoles are becoming faster and better in quality. consoles are even have items to plug in like, guitar (for guitar hero) but i dont think PC's or Consoles will become the same or similar........Today I saw this interesting article.
http://www.developmag.com/news/29331/The-PC-market-is-not-dying-says-newly-formed-PC-Gaming-Alliance

A number of companies (computer hardware companies and game developers) has formed some sort of organisation called "PC Gaming Alliance" which mission is to "drive worldwide growth of PC gaming". According to the article it is an nonprofit organisation and won't tout any expensive brand or logo on the game boxes.

I have recently wondered why computer hardware developers like ATI and NVidia not done more to promote computer gaming when other consoles has become so popular. As a PC gamer I have not liked the trend where PC gaming has got much less attention than the consoles. It will be intresting to See of this organisation will do any difference.