Yep, that's the way. Dragon Age was nobrainer, I feel sorry for everyone that had to get it for console, you are missing on all the great community work, which was the best on Never Winter Nights, much better than the original campaign. It's also dumbed down for console control settings.

While ME might work better on Xbox, than DA:O on consoles, I still prefer mouse + keyboard and better graphics on the PC.

The flexibility of having all consoles is nice, but if in the entire library of 360 games, you can only find one you would ever consider playing, it make no sense for you to spend any money buying it. I'd recommend upgrading your computer as well.

That sounds a little close minded to me, but to each his own.

I wouldn't, NWN was relatively crappy, I didn't even finish that game, got stuck 1/2 through. The story was really weak. NWN 2 had better campaign, but it was either love or hate experience, I have friends that won't allow anyone to badmouth it, on the other hand, I didn't like it more than NWN 1.

But the community work on NWN 2 was awesome, fully voiced 20+ hours campaigns with cutscenes, backstory, twists... And they all have pretty much moved to Dragon Age now, there are already some really interesting projects in the works, from well known mod teams. I'm looking forward those more than the new datadisc that was announced :). You should really give DA:O a go as soon as you can, I'm doing my second playthrough now, but since it's exam's time I'm not really doing any progress.

But sticking a video card in one's a lot cheaper than buying a console.

When I originally built my computer, I spent like 160$ to play games on it, giving it 5* or more power than either of the HD twins at nearly half the cost.

I just watched the first 30 minutes of ME2, and really wasn't impressed. It's like Uncharted, in space. Except the enemy, dum robots, have no AI at all, they just stand there and get shot. It's third person like Uncharted, and uses cut scenes during loading just like uncharted. The cut scenes aren't motion captured as good as in Uncharted, and the main character, who you can customize, is bland with no personality whatsoever. You can make small changes to the story line now and then, but it's still linear. You 'hack' certain door locks by jumpering some circuit boards in a super simple mini game several times in the first 30 minutes. I was considering on getting this for pc, but really was surprised how I wasn't interested at all. I know the first 30 minutes isn't the whole game, but I just can't see what all the hype is about.

Well for me the hype comes from finishing the first game and really looking forward this one. I've played Mass Effect only once, since there is no time for replaying that game yet, so I can't comment on replay value due to your approach to the game decision system. But the thing that worked for me regarding Mass Effect was the setting, I'm usually fan of fantasy, sci-fi never really interested me in any way. In Mass Effect I was instantly immersed in great and deep universe, with a lot of side informations, on a epic quest with nice twists and great pacing. Even though the first game had enough problems to put someone off (Hello elevators, Hello lame shooting mechanics, Hello stupid AI), it was the story, setting and gameplay to keep you going. I assume they have adressed most of the old problems, so I'm really looking forward to this one. I don't think there is yet game where you can completly change your experience due to the decisions you make, Dragon Age might be closest to that from what I know, but it Mass Effect is a bit more linear according to my experience with the first iteration.

You should first play ME 1, before giving ME 2 a go. It's really cheap nowdays. If you won't like it, than there is a 90% chance you won't like the second either, as it should be the same, just upgraded. And that is exactly the reason why I'm getting it.

I read the other day about games not just being limited to 360 that was previously exclusives.  I would love to play Gears of War 1 & 2 on my PS3.  That would be sweet. 

ME is not coming to ps3.

dude, just get the Bloody PC version.

Just upgrade your PC and get the PC version! I would definitely get it for PC myself but I'm getting the 360 version because the 360 is at my dorm -_-.