What if it was possible to have PC that was next-gen ready today?
If I said it'll cost you less then £1000/$1700 would it matter?

Having looked at what devs have so far about what they'd like from next-gen consoles, (DICE want 8gb RAM, UE4 wants the GTX680) you can have these specs & more for the above quoted price, which obviously comes down month on month. Would that sway anyone to play on a PC? Say you don't like using a mouse and keyboard, well stick in an xbox pad and you're good to go. Or grab a bluetooth dongle, get motioninjoy and your PS3 pad works just fine...
Now the above price is still high, though what if you put in the cost of your laptop and savings that could be made getting PC games (~£15/$30 or even free like DOTA 2 and PS2) it's not that bad, more so if any parts can be vultured from anything left. 

Has anyone thought about moving to a PC for gaming? If you dislike the idea, what is it that you dislike about PC gaming? Community? Cost? Hassle of spec checking?

So you're saying a next-gen console (PS4/Xbox 8, obviously. Not Wii U) is equal in power to a $1700 computer?

Sounds like a $300-400 console is quite the deal!

hahaha...

Well it'd be cheaper in the states as electronics are cheaper there. 

Plus there's a good chance that the next-box/PS4 won't be as powerful as a PC above.

But would the main downside for you just be the cost?

- Console costs less

- A console is a set package. I dont have to worry about buying a PC with certain specs and seeing if future games will work on my PC. I buy a console and I play the games that come out for it. Simple.

- It also has the exclusives I want. Nintendo, MS and Sony fans all have their preferences.

- Consoles are more socially accepted and more importantly, socially accessable. I play in front of my TV, not wanting to be glued to a 20 inch screen. I also like that my console can be used to entertain friends and family alike. The gaming PC still today has a social stigma.

Would something like a steam box sway you if it had local MP support and was guarenteed to work with all steam games (albeit limited to certain settings although hypothetically let's say they have an auto-optimisation to 30fps built in so you don't have to change anything) and obviously plugged into a TV?

No not really. It is mostly down to comfort, time, ease-of-use, and online community/local community and friends.

I own PC's and even build high end ones for friends and family (had a business even for a little while). I just think consoles are cheaper, easier to setup/use/maintain, and offer a more comfortable experience where I just plop down on my couch and play.

Sure I could find cheaper games and an online community on PC as well, but I just don't like sitting at my desk staring at my monitor and typing/mousing away after I do that all day every day at my job...

Again it interferes with the media hub functionality that I want. Exclusives too.

I like having a friend list to play games with. I feel too lonely playing on PC.

Console exclusives are just too good to pass up. There's way too many games that never come out on PC.

I prefer having a less powerful-to-average PC for my everyday needs and some emulator/retro gaming, and consoles to actually play more hardcore.

Agree with every point sales2099 said. 

I have a kick ass gaming PC and consoles.

I rarely play PC games, but keep my PC up to spec for multimedia stuff. I could never give up consoles becuase I'd miss out on Halo, Zelda and all the other exclusives.