Will gamers even need to buy a console?
Imagine a TV and game controller with long cables connected to an Xbox in a remote location.
It works like that, only the long cables are the internet.

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Imagineyoure flicking through the TVs options to find something to watch, and you find some games.
Especially if these gaming hypothetical future gaming TVs ship with a controller in the box.
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Does this spell doom for dedicated game consoles?

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But what about less hardcore gaming experiences, like the Nintendo Switch?
Thats a pretty basic machine, and the games are generally less demanding than high-end console and PC games.
The answer is a definitive “maybe.”
The attraction of Nintendo is the games.
In short, if you want Nintendo, nothing else will do.
But is it so hard to see a future where a Nintendo console is built into the TV?