Same for me, the older I get the less I care about mods or better graphics. Consoles offer an easy and stable environment. The day is done, kids have gone to bed, press a button and unwind.
For some games you still need a pc but those are also the games pretty much not suited to couch gaming. I've played Tropico 4 on the couch, balancing a keyboard and mouse on my lap, squinting at the tiny letters trying to make out what it says, annoyed at text cut off at the edges lost in the over scan area.
That after tweaking graphics settings for half an hour to find a good balance between performance and looks. It was worse with the Witcher 2, that took 2 days to get to run without crashing on my system and in some areas it still slowed down to 5fps due to some kind of effects that were not supported well by my gpu.
It doesn't mean it can't work very well. I got Driver SF from a Steam sale. Worked great with the ps3 controller, flawless 1080p, fast loading, and no compatibility issues what so ever since it's a multiplat console game. The only problem, since I use the pc for other things too, it's always an extra step to move the pc over to the tv and wait for the latest windows updates to finish installing.
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