I think console players are more worried about jaggies than a higher framerate.

So instead of 60 fps, you get 30 fps for some games, but it looks smoother.

I heard Gears of War doesn't have AA, is that true??
The game seems to have way more jaggies

Killzone 2 has 4xAA. :D

 Ummmm, I've never heard of software driven AA being used in games, not genuine stuff anyway (that blur rubbish is not AA).

You actually CAN just "throw in a GPU" and say "give me AA now!"

Have you not looked in the driver properties for any nvidia\ati card made in the last 6-7 years?

 ...It might do now but will it when its released

drivers = software =P

 I mean the actual work is being done on the GPU and not the CPU as the term "software" implies, or it is...So

For example, you get "software rendering" for old games on a computer, this means all the work is done on the CPU (as i'm sure you know)...Same with sound cards, there's "onboard sound" on lots of motherboards, this is all handled mostly handled in "software" whears something like a Creative X-Fi is "hardware accelerated"...etc.

Well some games now a days, and older games, dont support AA natively so you have to force it using your driver's software.

It is still classed as hardware antialiasing. "The game" telling the driver to use 4xAA, and "You" telling the driver to use 4xAA still invokes the antialiaing pathways built into the GPU hardware logic itself. Software antialiasing would be to get the rendered pizels from the GPU and then using built-in code and the CPU to manually put AA onto the image before putting it on the screen.

I just wish they would start using AA in Wii games