As easy as input mapping can be on PC I would give the "Guaranteed controller support" point to consoles. I game almost exclusively on my pc and I remember some games have given me problems, even Rocket League sometimes has issues with the controllers and I have to reboot my computer for them to work. And let's be honest, as good as you are setting up Input mapping software it isn't as straight forward as you're making it up to be, and even if you're not making that up, we all know that won't be the case for every other person.

Soo...

Getting back to the topic. I, as many others have said already don't see a reason (from us gamers point of view) to not have cross-play between all the platforms. There's people saying that it hasn't been necessary all these years of online gaming but while not necessary I like to think of it more as the next step in multiplayer gaming. Just imagine the possibilities: Platform vs Platform Leaderboards, Playlists in which a team of xbox players can play against ps4 players (or any other platform against other platforms), and so many more possibilities. Also, the thing about the online population of a game is something that actually happens a lot, Titanfall died pretty fast but if it had cross-play it would probably have lived at least a little longer. I actually fear for the new Soul Calibur game on PC, I fear the high population won't last very long (I hope I'm wrong because I will probably buy that game).

I agree that the main reason Sony doesn't want to allow this is because of what other guy said in here, which is the scenario where most of your friends could be playing on ps4 (which according to console sales, is the most likely to happen) and the only way to play with them is buying the same console. It makes sense (for Sony) to not want to share their user base because that would eliminate this scenario and thus they would lose this advantage.

But gamers taking the side of the company seems ridiculous to me, we are the ones who would actually lose if Sony somehow "won" the system wars and created some kind of monopoly (we know there's still nintendo and pc but but they are more kind of an indirect competition). The competition between Sony and Xbox is what keeps them trying to give us better games, services and features in general. I think it goes as far as forcing them give us other reasons to buy their console instead of the "I have to buy the same console as my friends if I want to play with them" scenario.

Power :D

You posses the Mark of Din

- You're strong willed.

- Your fierce personality.

- You are a natural leader.

I think gamespot just made an article about an awesome new Graphics card which is really cheap for what it can do, so you should check it out. About the other components I couldn't really tell you. 

Just be careful in what components you buy, just because a computer can handle battlefield 3, it doesn't mean it can handle every game in the PC market. My PC can play Battlefield 3 with 30FPS on a mix of low and Ultra settings, but can't play The witcher 2 even on the lowest settings or Alan wake, there are other games that I can't run but I don't remember.

My point is, take another game as reference, like The Witcher 2 or Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2(that I couldn't run either), I think that if you can run one of those games in middle settings, you should be able to play any future game on the market for some time.

I really like the game, but I just play like 3 to 6 hours a week. And I'm really enjoying every new Map pack that has been released, they add so much variety to the game, if you wan't to play in very big maps and feel like you are in an actual battle (at least one from the movies) you can play Armored kill maps, BtoK or The Big ones that come with the game, if you get tired of it, you can always play some CQ, and play like some sort of CoD but with better gameplay and map interactions. Alsothere are 2 map packs still left to come so who knows how the game will change after that.

And by the way, you should try to get an origin account from another country, one from México for example, In Origin México (or Latin-America I'm not sure) battlefield 3 Premium price is $499 pesos, assuming 1 Dollar = 13.00 Pesos, the game would cost you $38.00 dlls... may be just a little more with taxes, but it's still cheaper than 60+taxes. I'm from México and I bought the game in MXN (Mexican Money), it gave me the option to download the game in spanish, but I prefer english, so I have the game in english (Audio and Interface).

There's also a lot of games that are very cheap right now, Bad Company 2 is less than 10 dollars, along with Need for Speed Hot Pursuit and a lot more. And I assume you can download all of those in english too.

I would totally love a theater mode :D

Anyone who thinks halo 3 is overrated hasn't played multiplayer custom games.I can safely say, in this mode, halo 3 can give you the most unique, yet the most fun experience you could ever have with a fps game. Just play Fat kid(infection) in La migra!! map with some friends and you'll know what i'm talking about. You can play some races too, and there was another type of game that was called duck hunting i believe, just search for them in youtube.