1) Yes most of the time. However, if you wait long enough console games can be cheap to. Just look at the black friday sales from Amazon and even the MS store. Skyrim for $10? Borderlands 2 for $25? Console games get dirt cheap over time, they just take longer.
Counter point - Steam sales. Steam sales are beast. Hello Torchlight 1 for $1. Hello Witcher 1 Enhanced Edition for $2.50!
2) No question.
Counter point - You'll pay more to upgrade that PC/laptop more often to keep up with better looking graphics.
3) Agreed.
4) Agreed. Worst part about owning a XBox, for me anyways, is paying yearly for live.
5) Agreed. I'd love for MS to keep BC with the 720/next xbox playing games from the original XBox but I have my doubts. Either way PC has many years of experience behind it. Virtualbox (windows?) was able to get my original Elderscrolls games to work and Dungeon Master. Those games are friggin' old.
It's just that simple.
