If it weren't for Wii, I wouldn't own a console this gen.

[mowe]

 

Addressing your points:

1) People who buy a 360 already have a TV.  People who buy a PC do not have a monitor, keyboard or mouse.

False for several reasons.  A) It's possible for a non-TV owner to buy a console, there is no law that states you must own a TV to purchase one.  My brother this last week is a good example, buying both at the same time.  B) Many PC owners already have monitors, keyboards and mice, as do console owners.  C) You can hook a PC up to a TV, just as easy as a console - negating the need for a monitor.

It's simply not fair to include a monitor in the price of a PC, and not include a TV in the price of a console.

2) The more games you have, the slower your computer runs.

False.  HDD space has very litte to do with overall computer speed, and if it does, you need a defrag.

3) Building a PC that runs games decently can be quite expensive.

Sort of true, but not much. You'll spend about $100 more than a console building a gaming PC.  See the $500 rig linked in the quote above, which outperforms 360/PS3 in visuals.

 

The whole point of this thread is that 360/PS3 are trying so hard to be PC's, that they end up overlapping PC gaming - and for anyone who knows their way around PC's, the consoles come up short.   I mean, they just found online gaming!  They're still amazed by user created content!  For non-PC owners I can see why it's incredible, but for the rest of us, been there done that (in higher res and more detail).

Wii embraces the qualities of a console, takes gaming in a different direction from PC's, and that makes it the only console worthy of a purchase for a PC gamer.

 

 

1) You misunderstand me, I never said that "People who buy a PC do not have a monitor, keyboard or mouse." All I was doing was disagreeing when that other guy was implying that people who want to game on a console also need to buy a TV, couch, etc. I said that everyone already owns those things. You mentioned  your brother, who I assume didn't just buy a TV just to game on it? Because if he did, that would be the same thing as buying a PC just for gaming (see 3)

2) Clearly I was mistaken, but that's the case for me. Although in my case it could be due to viruses, spyware etc (another problem for PC gamers, and don't tell me that it's really easy to avoid these things, it's still a problem nontheless). Also, wouldn't the PC have a limit on the number of games you can install on it because of the hard drive, while gaming on consoles (except for the PS3) would allow for conveniently switching out game discs without worrying about how many games you can play.

3) Right now, I have a 512MB RAM, 80GB hard drive, 4-year-old computer. Needless to say, I can't game much on it. If I was just getting into gaming, I would just go for the much cheaper console choice. I'm gonna be needing my PC for other stuff too, like school, and I'm bound to install more programs on it, eating up hard drive space. I suppose I could use my old PC for school and a new one for gaming, but there's no point in having two PC's, because then I would need to buy a new monitor (those HD ones can be expensive), speakers, etc. while I already have a TV. I would also not need to upgrade my console for at least 5 years and every game I can buy would run on my console. What if another game like Crysis comes out and I really wanna play it? I would have to spend at least a hundred more dollars to play it.

PC gaming is more expensive by far, but it does have some benefits, like MMORPG's and RTS games that are no good on consoles. Buying a PC just for games is ridiculous, and something that I personallly would never do. If you wanna say that a PC can do so much for than just play games, which is absolutely true, then you have to realize that every single console owner in the universe already has a PC to do those things. And most of those PC's just aren't gonna be used for serious gaming.

Can you PC gamers at least see now why console owners don't like PC gaming? No one is hating on you here, it's just that there's too many downfalls to getting a gaming PC, and it's just SO much more convenient to buy a console. Not to mention some great exclusive games on the PS3 and Wii.