I'm a PC-gamer first and foremost since I want to have access to PC exclusive games and the best versions of multiplatform, use a KB/mouse for FPS & RTS-games, and to be able to run games on higher settings than on consoles. I've bought and built PCs regularly since 1995.
But a couple of points:
1. There is a lot of hazzle with PC gaming. It's really pissing me off how user un-friendly PCs are. You have a lot of issues to get PC games working - all kinds of graphics problems, patching, updates, Direct X this & that, missing dll files, non-compatible graphics drivers etc. It's 2008 and it's still as frustrating as it was for me in 1995.
2. PC versions aren't that superior. Yes, I can run most games in 1920x1200 and add sum extra AF and AA compared to console versions, but to be honest those three things aren't the most important for beautiful graphics.
We're 3 years into this console generation and the console versions still have exactly:
* the same quality of textures and bumbmaps
* the same amount of polygons and complexity of all 3D models
* the same HDR-lighting and other lighting & shadow-effects
So in conclusion, PC gaming only adds quite little to graphics quality for quite a lot of hazzle.
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