I’m somewhat displaced today, as we wait earnestly for Stratepedia HQ to get a fresh coat of paint. As I wait I’ve been catching up on some online reading. This news has been hitting my RSS reader for a couple of days now: PC sales (and by “PC” I mean both Windows and Mac computers) are on the decline in Japan. The reason? People are finding smart phones, and web-enabled TVs and game consoles a better way to go.

How does this affect what we do? Are computers yesterday’s news? Should we at CRL be focusing our technology development on smart phones and Wiis? Personally, I don’t think this changes the philosophy we’ve adopted at Stratepedia all that much–we develop for the web, not for the computer. We’ll just have to think about our materials being used in different contexts. What do you think?

Japan Leading the World From PCs to Devices [O'Reilly Radar]

Tags: computers, future, smart phones, wii