It doesnt take a super fast PC to play modern games. Im using an HD6750 that only cost me $50.

http://community.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/AMD+Radeon+HD+6570/games

Are these stats accurate in terms of digital downloads? They're not exactly easy to track and Steam (largest DD) doesn't exactly give figures.

What, your mac isn't working as a gaming pc? Well color me surprised. -_-

Also, gaming consoles being made for gaming? Woah, you keep catching me off balance. I would have never thought of that.

I agree with you though. I don;t have the patience or finesse to run high level software on my pc nor do i have the will power to. That being said, the pc market seems to be more than able to differentiate itself from the consoles in such a way that it will be able to thrive. Their games seem to form actual communities that manage to thrive for an extended period that console online game bases seem almost incapable of doing. (I'll admit it isn't a fair statement since the advent of competant console online gaming is fairly new in comparison to pc games)

Nope, of course not. These figures are taken from the latest charts posted on a site I visit from time to time: VGChartz. Like all others I don't have a clue which games sell how many digital copies.

Is this post supposed to be a joke?  That PC is old as piss, and dated as sh*t.  My white Macbook is more powerful that that turd, and has all the multimedia capabilities as well.  So why in the world would you post THAT thing in order to stick up for PC gaming?

I've been a full-blooded PC gamer since 1995 but I have realized that console gaming is superior.

I hate PC because:

-Constant upgrades of video card drivers and game related patches, which is frustrating and takes time. It's a constant neverending hassle, especially if you like to play many games and not just a select few

- Suddenly older games stop working because you updated your graphics drivers or something else

- Booting up your system and waiting for your desktop to load takes eons. On consoles you are inside the game within 20 seconds, on PC it takes up to 2 minutes unless you have a freshly installed clean system.

- There is no universal achievement system like the one on Xbox and Playstation. Steam has achievements but almost no one cares about them.

- Online multiplayer games are filled with cheaters. They are everywhere since all PC games can be hacked. It's just not fun.

Good to know your Macbook is more powerful than a computer from 2005.

You clearly missed his point entirely by boasting about your modern machine.

So many words (and completely neglecting loading times and necessary game updates on your beloved PS3).

You could have just said: Trophies.

yeah with dd the ranking would look even more favourable for pc games here.

I never had any problems with console games, granted I don't play online much.

I rather buy my games in a store, hard copies of pc games are becoming an endangered species. Waiting for hours to download a game while eating up my bandwidth limit sucks.
And the hard copies still take longer to install then the longest ps3 install. Then there are different codes to enter before you are allowed to play, possibly make an account first or link it to Steam or Origin etc, make sure drivers are up to date, tweak the settings over and over to get it running smoothly, possibly resort to a new beta driver after searching the forums, or resort to editting ini files.
And after all that get annoyed that the interface has been optimized for controller use instead of a mouse.

Sure there are many advantages too, but console games are simple insert and play, bar a few automatic patches (which you can ignore if you don't want to play online anyway)

If you want to play indie games or older games from gog then sure pc is where it's at, never had any problem with gog. But if you don't need the best possible graphics and don't care about mods it's far easier to stick to consoles for full new games.