Nope. Not dead yet. A scene from Red Dead Redemption 2.
Nope. Not dead yet. A scene from Red Dead Redemption 2.
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The DeanBeat: Console games aren’t dead yet

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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  • 3 min

We all remember headlines about how console games are dead or dying. Mobile games, PC games, Android settop boxes, virtual reality, and cloud gaming were all going to kill off consoles.

After checking out Rockstar’s amazing console game, Red Dead Redemption 2, I have to chuckle about this idea again. Rockstar’s ode to the dying of the American West is going to debut on October 26 on the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One — the two major hardcore game consoles. This game could be so successful that it should crush that notion about the death of consoles once and for all.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.