LMAO, that is one of the funniest things ever!!!! completly the opposite for me hence why I left PC gaming where it belongs (in the past) although I do "download" a few games every so often seeing as noone pays for pc games these days.....

No, but you can include the all the FPS, RTS, and casual gamers to the MMO players make over 300. Even if you somehow remove the overlaps.

Blah another one of these threads...

I'll just go back to enjoying playing on both consoles and my PC. In fact, I plan on reformatting my PC and then redownloading my games on Steam (TF2 specifically for the new update) and I'll probably be playing on my PS3 while this is happening.

*gasp*

You forgot cheaper games, free extra content and not having to pay to play online. Without doubt consoles are simpler but a simple machine doesn't allow you complete control of your system.

I only started PC gaming properly in '06 (buying a GPU instead of hoping it works) and have been with Steam ever since. Maybe times were much harder in the old days but I've found everything extremely straight forward, including setting it up to work with my HDTV so I can play from the infamous "couch" with wireless mouse, keyboard, 360 pad.

I can't see how people could seriously compare the level of bugs and patches on console games to PC ones.  The fact is that the PC platform is an open one which means that anyone can release anything regardless of its quality.  I've bought PC games that literally didn't work from the get-go or had an amount of bugs that made finishing them a chore or impossible.  I remember buying a game called Dungeon Lords because I was a fan of the designer and feeling like I was ripped off because the game was basically in an early beta stage.  Take a look at its Wikipedia page if you want to see what kind of game some companies release.  It's the first game I ever threw in the garbage rather than giving it away for free.

That's just an example of a game that actually worked.  I can list others that didn't work at all with one graphics card or another that I had over the years that made PC gaming truly guesswork and annoying at times.  The worst part is that for some reason I was continually fooled when I bought games and always expected them to work with no problems.  This was especially the case when I had a very common videocard, an ATI 9800pro, and couldn't imagine any company not making sure it ran with that card which was about as standard a gaming graphics card as you could get at the time.  Also this wasn't just with my own computer, I used to have to get them to work on other computers as well (uncles, friends, etc).

Don't get me wrong, when PC games work they can be amazing.  I think about 8 of my top 10 favorite games of all time are on PC.  What annoys me though is when those praising PC games and having an open platform refuse to acknowledge that it also has some weaknesses.

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Sound like it was a PITA in the old days. Can't say I've experienced anything like that.

Yes I can seriously compare bugs on PC/console but only from personal experience. I watch my buddy try to play TF2 on the 360 every couple weeks, I watched him waste £40 on Supreme Commander and I hear it's still unplayable.

I'll give you cheaper games, but you don't have to pay for Live and PSN/Wii are both free and do I really need complete control to play Gears, inFamous, Uncharted, LBP, Mario Kart, or most of the other console games?  No, I just need to pop in the disk and go.  I don't have to fiddle with drive space, shortcuts, resolution settings, graphical settings, and everything else.

And again, it may work for the college guy/bachalor/12 year old to have a giant PC in his living room, but for most other people it doesn't really fly.

Actually, PC games are the half assed ones.  In order to release a game on a console you have to go through a lengthy and in depth dertification process while there is absolutely no process for the PC.  

The old days?  One of the last PC games I bought was Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer in October 2007.  I expected to have no problems with it because Neverwinter Nights 2 gave me very few problems.  Imagine my surprise when the first time I tried to play it I couldn't because the text wasn't showing up in any of the character dialog boxes.  I went to the game's forums only to find it was a well known bug but they had no patch for it at the time.  How is it possible to have a game breaking bug that shows up within the first few seconds of the game that a significant amount of people experienced?

Also you can point out one or two 360 games but at the end of the day it's still nothing compared to the PC side of gaming.  Take Bioshock and Call of Duty 4 for example, if you go to their respective forums or simply use Google you'll see that some people had problems with the PC versions of those games.  In fact almost every PC game I type in I can find threads where people had problems with them which is not the case for the majority of 360 games.  To put things into perspective I can remember when there was a huge uproar over the 360 version of Bully and Rockstar taking a lot of heat over it yet it's the same kind of situation can be found for many PC games.

OK, we understand you married a marines/parachooters/green berets/navy seals/intruders/other special corps drill sarge that doesn't want to see your PC around and confines you into a closet when you use it, but no chance we'll pity you, we care too much for your remaining dignity and male pride!