Kwiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, igama elitsha laqala ukujikeleza elibizwa ngokuba lixesha le-post-PC, apho Ukuqala kokuphela kwee-PC kwabhengezwa, endaweni yamacwecwe. Kodwa njengokuba iminyaka ihambile, sikwazile ukuqinisekisa, nangona uninzi lwethu belusele lusazi, ukuba iipilisi azinakuze zithathe indawo yePC okanye iMac (kufuneka siyibeke kwakule ngxowa inye), kuba bayasikhawulela Xa kuziwa kumandla yenza imisebenzi efanayo nakwikhompyuter, ukuba nje ukusetyenziswa kwethu ayisiyonto yabasebenzisi abaninzi: i-Facebook, iTwitter, imeyile kunye nephepha lewebhu elingaqhelekanga. U-Apple uzame amatyeli aliqela ngokusungula imodeli yePro yemodeli ye-iPad, kodwa njengoko kubonisiwe, iipilisi zisesezozinto ebezikho ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, isixhobo sokutya umxholo, kancinci ngakumbi nalapho imveliso ishiya inqweneleka.
Abadlali abaninzi banokhetho olwahlukileyo kwintengiso xa kusiziwa kukonwabela imidlalo abayithandayo, nokuba kungokuthuthuzelwa okanye ngePC. Ngokwengxelo yeSuper Data yakutshanje, icandelo lePC lenze i-35.800 yezigidigidi zeedola ngelixa icandelo levidiyo yomdlalo wekhonsoli yavelisa i-6.600 yezigidigidi zeedola, I-442% ingaphantsi kunee-PC.
Abavelisi beConsole bazama ukugcina abalandeli babo abathembekileyo, bezama ukufikelela kwizivumelwano gcina izihloko ezizodwa ezinokufumaneka kuphela kwisixhobo sakho, kodwa kubonakala ngathi ayonelanga kwaye abasebenzisi bePC abanesibonelelo esikhulu sezihloko, kodwa banengxaki yokuhlengahlengiswa, ukulungelelaniswa kwemidlalo yeconsole ngamanye amaxesha eshiya okunqwenelekayo.
Kodwa nabani na ophumelele idabi kwimakethi yemidlalo yevidiyo isekhona i-smartphone, evelise ngaphezulu kwe-40.600 yezigidigidi zeedola. Ngokuqinisekileyo nangona imidlalo ekwi-smartphone ayisiyonto yakho, uvile ngePokémon GO kulo nyaka, umdlalo owaphule zonke iirekhodi kumzi mveliso wevidiyo wee-smartphones. Ngaphandle kwala manani, abavelisi abanjengoNintendo bayaqhubeka nokunyanzelisa ukungazenzi iiclassics zabo kwii-smartphones, kwaye bakhetha ukumilisela iinguqulelo ezintsha ezinje ngeSuper Mario Run, imbaleki engapheliyo ethe yafumana uphononongo oluqinisekileyo nolubi, zombini ngendlela yemidlalo Ixabiso lomdlalo.