Eminyakeni embalwa eyedlule, kwaqala ukuzungeza igama elisha elibizwa nge-post-PC era, lapho kumenyezelwe ukuqala kokuphela kwama-PC, kuvuna amaphilisi. Kepha njengoba iminyaka isihambile, sikwazile ukuqinisekisa, yize abaningi bethu besivele sikwazi, ukuthi amaphilisi awasoze athatha indawo ye-PC noma iMac (kufanele futhi siyibeke esikhwameni esifanayo), ngoba bayasikhawulela uma kuziwa emandleni enza imisebenzi efanayo nakwekhompyutha, inqobo nje uma ukusetshenziswa kwethu kungesikho okwabasebenzisi abaningi: i-Facebook, i-Twitter, i-imeyili kanye nekhasi lewebhu elingajwayelekile. I-Apple izame kaningi ngokwethula imodeli yePro yemodeli ye-iPad, kepha njengoba kukhonjisiwe, amaphilisi aselokhu eyikho kuze kube manje, ithuluzi lokudla okuqukethwe, okuthe xaxa nalapho umkhiqizo ushiya khona ongakufisa.
Abadlali abaningi banokukhetha okuhlukile emakethe uma kukhulunywa ngokujabulela imidlalo abayithandayo, kungaba ngokududuza noma nge-PC. Ngokombiko wakamuva weSuper Data, umkhakha we-PC ukhiqize ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-35.800 ngenkathi umkhakha wevidiyo yama-consoles ukhiqize ama-dollar ayi-6.600 billion 442% ngaphansi kunama-PC.
Abakhiqizi beConsole bazama ukugcina abalandeli babo abathembekile, bezama ukufinyelela ezivumelwaneni gcina izihloko ezikhethekile ezitholakala kuphela kudivayisi yakho, kepha kubonakala sengathi akwanele nabasebenzisi be-PC abanesipho esikhulu sezihloko, kepha futhi banenkinga yokuzivumelanisa, ukuguqulwa kwemidlalo ye-console kwesinye isikhathi okushiya kungathandeki.
Kepha noma ngubani ophumelela empini emakethe yemidlalo yevidiyo usenjalo i-smartphone, ekhiqize ngaphezulu kwama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-40.600. Nginesiqiniseko sokuthi noma ngabe imidlalo eku-smartphone yakho akuyona into yakho, uzwile ngePokémon GO kulo nyaka, umdlalo ophule wonke amarekhodi embonini yemidlalo yevidiyo yama-smartphones. Ngaphandle kwalezi zibalo, abakhiqizi abanjengoNintendo, bayaqhubeka nokugcizelela ekutheni bangaguquleli ama-Classics abo kuma-Smartphones, futhi bakhetha ukwethula izinhlobo ezintsha ezinjengeSuper Mario Run, umgijimi ongapheli othole izibuyekezo ezinhle nezimbi ngokulingana, zombili ngomdlalo indlela njengenani lomdlalo.