I have found myself playing console gaming exclusively and before 2011 when I got an Xbox 360, I was an exclusive PC gamer. Used to do LAN parties and all that and hauling a burly desktop with monitor and all related stuff was a pain in the butt...then had to deal with other folk who had computer issues as not everyone at the LAN party is a PC specialist....so you know you become the PC technician for their system so you can get all up and running. Then not everyone in the LAN party would have a decent rig to game on...had guys show up with Walmart entry level Celeron's trying to play BF2142 and you can tell they were not having a good time as they had to play it at low settings and even then....not the best.

So with that said, the downside to PC gaming is the same as it's upside. If you want to play the latest games at a decent speed and resolution, you have to invest $$ in a good system with good components and every 2 -3 years you are in constant upgrading mode as the technology in hardware and games improve. I have in the 10 years I was PC gaming, went through over 8 computers between the upgrading this and that...I had enough spare parts laying around to put together complete systems.

My brother and cousin got Xbox 360 a year or so before I bought mine and it took alot of them harping at me to get me to switch over. I eventually got one and I enjoyed the experience...alot easier to pack a 360 to LAN parties than it was a complete computer system...and the best part is everyone had the same hardware and you didn't have to play PC tech anymore - just plug it up, connect to network, and game away. Took a while to get used to the controller - was real frustrating at first but eventually got used to it and now I can fully enjoy the experience.

Although Microsoft isn't my favorite company - they are notorious for "fixing" things that don't need fixed and not fixing what does need fixed. They constantly think they have to jack around with GUI's and remove features with new consoles that were awesome. For example, the Xbox 360 could be configured as a Windows Media Extender so I could watch movies I had on my PC on the console...on the Xbox One - no deuce... they removed it after they claimed the Xbox One would be the replacement for all entertainment devices....it couldn't even replace the Xbox 360 - because I have to use that to enjoy the Xbox 360 games and watch movies that I have on my PC.

So consoles have demons of their own. But in general, I do enjoy console gaming.