Yes, yes, and YES!!!

To my understanding. ALL consoles will have games that you can find enjoyable. So with that said, my console simply NEEDS to do more than just play games. I want something that will be of much value and use to me, something that my hard earned dollar can completely respect. That, and I HATE wires. If I can look behind my console, and see a wire for power, and an HDMI cable running to my receiver, and have those 2 wires power my cd, mp3, dvd, game console, internet browser, and all that wot, I'm friggin stoked :P I refuse to have so many devices sitting around taking up space. I mean for starters, it just looks ugly ;/ far too cluttered, and second off, when the one unit breaks I can take it to the same place to get it repaired :P

So as long as my all in one machine can run swimmingly, I'm a happy camper :D

My media hub is far superior to anything a conole can offer. I think media hubs are a good idea and cost effective too

Media capabilities are not a deciding factor for me, but they are a factor. For example, Although the main reason I got a PS3 instead of a 360 was i already had a PS2, I was quite interested in the BD player and the PS3's more open media player seemed better than the 360s. (it wasn;t so much at launch, but now, after all the FW updates, the PS3 totally owns the 360 as a media center)

It being a DVD player does really help (and blu-ray!) and also other movie files, so that I can stream my digital versions of tv shows to my PSP

Nope! All I own is a Wii! :D

nope, to me a game console is for games. ive yet to come across a multimedia function to change my mind.