not sure if you know it but you can still buy them  now and download them when you have a pc.

You can, and I would.  They're tied to account, not machine.  Stock up now and play them later.

True enough. Sorry, my roommate just gave me five shots of Jack Daniels in celebration of this occurance. Wasn't thinking about that. LMAO

I have exactly one game on Steam, which Khuutra forced me to get so i would stop badmouthing BioWare, though i have not played it yet (Xenoblade's nearly complete).

What i see available there just doesn't appeal to me too much. It would just be the very small number of HD-only games that i am sort of interested in (like Sonic Generations), but that's about it.

You're missing out on  lots of platformers , then.

The reasons you listed above are why I'm not only buying my favourite games just after release. Halo, Assassin's Creed and any other series I find myself throughly addicted to I cannot help but buy immediately but others that catch my eye (Darksiders II, Metal Gera Rising, Ghost Recon Future Soldier etc) will have to wait until they drop in price. Can't justify spending £40-£45 on every single game, especially when I end up having issues with the game post-purchase (Max Payne 3).

I bought a decent laptop about 6 months ago i5 / GTX560, and though I can't really utilize any Dx11 features, I can run most games on their higher settings. As an example, I just got Max Payne 3 through the Steam Summer Sale and I can run it with all settings maxed, 1080p, HDSAO, and it runs super smooth, probably getting around 50-55fps. But a game like Witcher 2, I can only run at 1600x900 with most of the settings turned off.

For me, I am very happy with the decision to get a gaming alternative to the consoles. But there is a trade off, console games are specifically optimized for the PS3 and 360, in other words, 9 out of 10 times the games are simply plug and play. PC games are just generally optimized for a wide range of specs and configurations, so many times it requires a little leg work of your own to get a game to work properly or even be playable. When Quantum Conundrum came out, the game would barely run on my system and there was no in-game settings to adjust, so I had to go into the .ini files to make adjustments in order to make the game playable. And often times you will not be able to make changes yourself, you will just have to pray that someone else is having the same problem you are having and comes up with a fix. PC gaming has little bit of a wild west aspect to it. As long as your prepared for stuff like this and actually interested in messing with the nuts and bolts of some games, then you should definitely get a good PC rig. But I have found that having both a console and a PC is the way to go.

have you seen the games on sale at Steam right now? I'm sorry, but Steam is raping the competition right now.

be sure to get sc2 :D. best rts ez

Thats high on the list bro. :)