Fun Topic. Which are better for Gaming? PC's or Consoles?

[Final-Fan]

I'd rather not get bogged down in the overall war, gentlemen, but I saw a few things noname2200 said that I have a burning need to argue:

"If you want, I can direct you to threads where people point out how to assemble a great gaming PC for less than what an HD console will cost you. Actually, ask Shio: he probably has a few dozen of those bookmarked."

Considering the 360 is now selling for $200, that's an ... interesting claim.

"[PC has a used market in the form of] Ebay, craigslist."

PC's used market is miniscule and frail in comparison to what the consoles have, and the move to Steam and similar services only serves to further cripple it.

"8. Local multiplayer is the non-PC term for 'LAN party'."

Maybe I have an outsider's misunderstanding of this, but aren't LAN parties orders of magnitude harder to execute -- since everyone has to bring their own PCs and hook them up etc. -- compared to simply going over to the house of a friend with a console and more than one controller? (Of course, get enough people together and you need a 'console LAN party' ...)

"[On HDD upgrades:] if you're lucky, the manufacturer will let you buy a slightly bigger hard drive at vastly inflated prices"

True of the 360 -- unless you're willing to dig into the proprietary case, no doubt voiding the warranty -- but COMPLETELY FALSE of the PS3.