Five years ago, it seemed almost inconceivable that people would be trumpeting the "death of the PC"—especially in the world of gaming. The PC had almost all the strengths in its corner—superior graphics, software-development ease, quick innovation and, perhaps most promising of all, an ability that allowed game players outside the same living room to compete against each other. The home computer, many said, would make console systems such as Nintendo obsolete. But that was then.
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