PC: As a gaming platform, it's more trouble than it's worth. But as you need a PC anyway, it's worth using it to play the best games that run on it. How well that works will depend on your set up.

PS3: It seems to be a solid machine with a potential for great games. So far the games line-up has been weak, and can't justify the price. It seems several developers are having trouble getting the best from it. The lack of rumble in early controllers was pathetic. Blu-ray winning the format war has made me far more likely to pick a PS3 up, but I wont be until a number of great games have come out, and probably not until another price drop.

360: A lot of great games, but from a limited range of genres. The reliability issues are still a real concern, and the noise from the fan also puts me off. If these problems are sorted by a future update, I'd be keen to own one.

wii: Even with it's reduced processing power, I still think the wii's likely to provide the most fun per £, and that's what it's about. I'm currently put off by the need to buy a collection of perephirals, and the lack of third part support. I also resent the idea of buying a whole new console which is so similar internally to the last generation. The lower cost of wii games is also a big bonus: hopefully this will expand with some sort of 'platinum' range.

PC: Definitely the best platform, in my opinion. It's cheaper than most console gamers think, and as long as you know what you're doing, it's pretty easy to put together your own. It has the best online system, of course. The games are cheap and excellent.

PS3: It has great potential in the hardware and software, plenty of genres for the "hardcore" console gamer.

360: Also plenty of genres, it doesn't have much more shooters than the PS3, despite popular belief...but I don't know how much better games can get, technically-speaking.

Wii: My favorite console, the unique controls and immense popularity will keep this as the console to own, since plenty of great games will end up on this system.

Wii - My fav. Fun, social, and motion controls pull you into the game (if used right).

360 - Best line up of games, lousy hardware. Hate dual analog controls.

PS3 - Great games, Blu-ray, solid hardware. Still hate dual analog controls.

PC - Industry killing itself by catering to the hardcores never ending desire for ever better graphics. It's just too expensive to own a gaming PC. Only a well off hardcore gaming enthusiest would own a system capable of running Crysis. Then they wonder why sales are poor? Love PC gaming, but for 90% of the public, a Pentium 3 is all you need to run anything you could want, besides games. You can't expect average people to shell out hundreds to thousands extra just to play games as well. WoW and Guild Wars are the right tech level, they'll run on almost anything. Developers need to @#$% the graphics and make scalable games or this industry is dead. Sorry... rant over.

Wii- best 1st party support, best control options, is the cheapest, ssb, worst graphics of four, weak online support, BC being the best of all three, great capcom support, not as strong 3rd party support.
PS3- arguably the more advanced console, blur-ray drive, good 1 party and 3 party but could be better, Insomniac rules, really expensive, controller not really changed, Free online but still behind to the xbox..
Xbox 360- best games available right now, best online but not free, best controller for fps, great graphics, RROD, Marketplace.
PC- best graphics if you willing to spend some green, best for fps and strategy and rpg.

PC: A great system and the best for FPS and Strategy point and clickers. But upgrading to keep up is not my thing.

Wii: Fantasticly marketed and a great control system but sadly looking at the games that are selling, party games are not the only thing on the console, I hope it really does get non-gamers into gaming, but currently, I don't see these new gamers ever buying a Zelda.

360: Loads of games currently and good online. But it breaks and way to many Shooting games.

PS3: My console of choice. Potential wise it wins, Blu-ray and everything else still indevelopment for it looks great. But currently lack of games is restricting it's use. And lack of local multi-player games.

Downloading games, both classic ones and such alike for all 3 home consoles is a big plus against the PC.

PS3 - My favorite console of this generation. Although many complain of its current line-up, I really enjoyed UC, HS, and Folklore last year. I only do online play once in a while, so the fact that it is free is a plus. Good hardware, although sometimes games get delayed a little much. Developers finally got the beast under control. Most of the sequels to the games I like are on this platform.

Xbox 360 - Alot of new developments that got me to buy one. Alot of good jRPGs on the way. However, everyone else I know with this console is a Halo fanboy to no end. It will take a while for the console to get out of the American Halo-Madden image that they have pigeonholed. I really don't like the style of the console and it's too loud to be an acceptable AV device.

Wii - A little too much craze for this console this generation. For me, it offers little over the Gamecube for what it is. Most of my friend's have one, and I can just go to their places to play it. Gives me little reason to buy one. Maybe when a Zelda game that is not a GC port makes its way, I'll get this console.

PC - For top notch performance, it's the best. RTS and FPS games should be played on this platform. However, it's the most expensive way to game.

wii - my favorite console. focuses on games that are just plain fun instead of trying to hype up graphics and movie playback and stuff. needs more serious 1 player games (rpgs and high quality action games). but great multiplayer. bad online but it is free and they need to do something about the storage issue. basically lots of fun but the three current problems are little good 3rd party support, sucky online(both in philosophy and implementation), and small storage but all of those things could easily be fixed by the end of the year hopefully.

360 - great graphics, solid library although very small variety in good games. basically just violent action games, sports, and a couple good rpgs. absolutely horrible hardware with the RROD. Great online but only system where you have to pay for it so its only worth it if you play online a lot. too expensive. Will definitely be worth it once the hardware problem is completely fixed (if ever) and the price drops another $100.

ps3 - basically a 360 but without the solid library and great online. although online is free and it doesn't have the hardware issues. but the just okay game lineup and a pricetag a couple hundred dollars too high makes it a bad buy for probably at least another year.

PC - don't ever play pc anymore but i always loved RTS games like Red Alert, Age of Empires, Warcraft/starcraft, and others. way too expsensive since a new computer will usually be obsolete for the most powerful games within a couple years.

PC - Great for it's budget bin prices, but sucks cause my new computer has vista making backwords compatability on said things a pain in the ass.

360 - Has a lot of fun games, though would never pay for online and RROD is troubling, will likely wait until the end of the generation to get one that has RROD fixed.

PS3 - Interesting games are coming, not much interesting out right now. Probably will get it sometime after Valkrie of the Battlefield and Little Big Planet come out.

Wii - I have over 20 games for it at the moment. That sums it up fine i'd say.

PC - Best graphics and game lineup, and by far the best platform there is!!!
PS3- Just awesome
PSP - Awesome handheld...nearly PS2 graphics!
Wii - Sucks arse
DS - Kiddy console





360 - absolute shite!!!!!

PC - Patches, incompatibility, bugs
360 - RRoD box, too many shooters
PS3 - Big, black, ugly, no great games
Wii - Shovelware, kiddy shit, mini-game central