According to the CEO of the Crisis series developer, the slow launch of new hardware is being a detrimental force to the industry. In a recent interview cited by Gamespot, he states that because the current consoles have been on the store shelves for so long, people are starting to forget that consoles are the first machine that people should be using to play games. With the rise of popular tablets such as Apple's iPad and Google's Nexus Tab, there certainly does seem to be a slight trend in moving away from consoles for games. With Angry Birds alone passing the one billion download mark across platforms, can we truly say that there is a shift to this platform, and is the slow release of consoles really to blame for it?

For me at least, that answer is no. Yes people have been using tablets more, but the console race has very little to do with that.  What has made tablets so successful are two things that most consoles don't have: accessibility and portability. Thanks to the simple but intuitive use of the touch screen interface, games have simply been able to reach a wider audience on tablets. There are no complex buttons, to memorize as long as you can see the screen, making the games a lot easier to learn. Not to mention tablets can be brought out of the home as well. Good luck bringing your PS3 Phat on the train for a game of Uncharted. Essentially, I think what Yeri's saying is true, but not for the reasons he states. The evolution of gamers moving towards the tablet is going to be a threat from here on out. The console industry is just going to have to learn to cope with that.

What do you think gamers?  Am I just blowing smoke or will console's face trouble against a tablet no matter when they release? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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