The future is tricky to predict. A lot of things look like toys, until all of a sudden they're not.

Worth reading the counterpoint: http://avc.com/2013/04/return-and-ridicule/

"This notion also plays into Clayton Christensen's framework for disruptive innovation. Many of the most disruptive technologies started out as what Clay calls "toys". The PC is a great example of that. PCs came out of the homebrew computer movement. Geeks were building computers in their garages. And everyone thought they were nuts. But from that came the Apple Computer and the IBM PC and we were off to the races with personal computers."