these companies have, for decades, failed to provide any compelling reason to spend way too much money on a one trick pony when you can spend not much more on a PC that plays games (better), plus countless other things you can do with a PC, not just for entertainment, but work, production, bills, banking, and on and on.

consoles will never go away though. there will always be a segment of the population who buy into the bombardment of ads telling them that a console is necessary