I think there was always space for a console like computer, or a computer like console, and I think there still is.
Consoles have slowly taken on more computer like functions, and the pc's have now become small enough, and with windows8, have an OS that is quite console like.
I think that middle ground would always have existed, and commodore could have kept living there, I mean, consoles still can't run proper apps, and PC still don't have co-op
