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Originally Posted by Sonist
Hm, I'd venture a guess, that there are more people who read, than people who play video games.
Yet, it would be hard to argue, that video games have not "caught on."
Moreover, every decent PC can play video games, yet there is a huge market for dedicated, stand-alone and hand-held video game consoles.
I'd say there is enough of a market for ereaders, too.
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Yeah, but I don't think most people don't own video game consoles, especially people without kids. And the other person said "give it time and everyone will have an ereader."
Also video games are something that require a console (or a PC, but that's almost a different type of gaming in many cases) where as people can read easily without shelling out money for an ereader.
So in either case I don't think it's a good analogy. I think ereaders will catch on and expand after prices are more reasonable, but I'd don't think they will every be something that a majority of people own.
They could well become a large market, and I think they will catch on. But not like the cell phone or computer etc. which other people have mentioned.