@Peterfaj - take a chill pill, go walk the dog, bang the wife.. whatever. Honestly, nobody said anything to provoke a reaction as harsh as that.
About consoles - I've been a PC gamer for about 10 years. I always hated consoles because of the pricing and the inability to upgrade them properly and the pads you get for them, which, in my mind, are some of the worst controls possible for some games (Racing games, FPS), while they work very well for others (Platform games, FIFA or any sports-based game). Only recently (half a year ago) I was charmed by the ps3 and bought one for GT5, SFIV, Force Unleashed, etc.
What can I say, I do love the damn thing. The advantages over the pc are evident from the get-go. Turn it on, click one button and you're in the game, playing already. It goes a lot faster than on my pc. Furthermore, it's always available. Hasn't broken down once. It's easy to transport (easier than a computer). It never gets hacked. It never catches a virus. It never needs a format. Games that run on it will ALWAYS run on it, not like a pc, where I can't play games like SW:KOTOR or Viper Racing any longer, because I'm running Win7 or Vista. It's simple, it's fast, it's reliable and it's accessible. Everybody develops towards 1 standard and 1 standard only. When you buy a game, you are automatically GUARANTEED that it WILL work, when you throw it in.. unlike certains games I know, where this or that bs hardware requirement isn't met.. because there is a TON of hardware to be had and the target audience varies WILDLY. If you want to get into power consumption, there's that too. My ps3 is thirsty, but I can guarantee it never reaches the 550W my computer can pull.
As for the whole big-screen-needed thing. You do realise that's bull, right? It's not written anywhere that the only place you can play a console is from a sofa. Attach it to a computer screen and play it at your desk - voila, no need for a huge tv. I reckon the jaggies are less pronounced then as well, if that's such a big problem
. Personally, I have a 40" tv, which I do use from the comfort of a couch. I did not buy it for my ps3 however, but for my pc, so I would have a decent screen to watch movies on - a whole new dimension compared to sitting at the desk
. My ps3 came later and it shares the screen with my pc.
PS - all of this is not to say I've become a console fanboy or that I want to shamelessly promote consoles. The negatives are all still there - games are priced higher than on pc and you're stuck with what you have (which is the whole point, really.. that way programmers know exactly what to work towards and how to optimize towards one fit, which will work for everyone on that platform). So, the newer the titles, the greater the gap between pc graphics and console graphics. Still.. I just wanted to get off my chest that it's not all bad with consoles. They do have their positives.
