Eat Sleep Play founder David Jaffe feels the traditional model of selling console titles at $60 a pop is on its way out, telling IGN that the next batch of consoles will essentially be the last of their kind.

I think there will be another console cycle. I think there will be really big f*cking games for them. I’m just guessing, but I think the next generation of consoles will be the last of that current form of console, where you go to a store and buy your $60 games. I think you’re always going to have these big epics; these Naughty Dog operas that blow everyone’s minds or stuff like Gears of War from Epic Games. Those aren’t going away and they shouldn’t go away. Those are amazing mainstays that make our medium so proud.

With consoles gone, what will replace them? Jaffe speculates that manufactures may launch their own gaming service in the cloud, akin to an Onlive type deal.

Certainly, digital distribution is the future, but will dedicated platforms disappear entirely? It’s almost hard to fathom that we could see it happen within the next ten years, really. But at the same time, entirely plausible. Platform antagonistic initiatives like PlayStation Suite are already a step toward such a future.

A Conversation with David Jaffe [IGN]

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