GDC and Flash
Raph Koster, who was the lead designer on Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies, said the console industry was already being beaten by the web.
"Overall if you look at audience reach, quantity of games made and for that matter, although its difficult to measure, creativity, the web is kicking the console industry's ass in a major way."
He said Flash was the next big platform.
"It's pointing the way to the future more so than the current generations of hardware precisely because it is well on its way to becoming completely ubiquitous."
He said advances in the graphic possibilities of Flash in the coming year would further challenge the console business.
But he admitted that no-one was making money from Flash games at the moment.
Mr Harrison, who oversees the software line-up for the PlayStation 3, said: "In our proprietary view of a platform, it is a combination of technology, business model and consumer experience.
"The web, with Flash, is missing the business model aspect and consistency of consumer experience.
"Once it has figured it out then what you [Raph Koster] have said will become absolutely true."[src, BBC]
Someone should show the great Koster some of the Armor Games Sponsorship plans methinks...