No they're not - PS4 is to be 'PC-based' amd everyone and their uncle now appreciates the value of the Indie movement, so any gains made on PC will regurgitate back on to consoles.

Author seems to conflate fad, fashion and hazy cylicity with epoch-trashing existentialism.

Unless mobile gaming comes up with some seriously Wii-like interaction shift over the next generation or two, it'll mire itself in the limitations of the platform - at best being a satellite to a central home entertainment system (choose your flavour—they're all the same).