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Originally Posted by Ragged Robin

No, I completely get it. I've been exclusively a PC gamer virtually my entire life, from TRS-80 giant floppy disks playing frogger as a toddler to MSDOS games to Quake, Counter-Strike and on down the line and had the PC Master Race mentality too. Then I realized the argument for what it is: apples and oranges.

Outside of exclusive titles, there is virtually no advantage to consoles as a gaming platform, but that doesn't make it any less viable or convenient or popular. Want to use a controller? Buy one for a PC. There's absolutely nothing to argue about because it is what it is. Consoles are such a big thing because it's appealing to the mainstream and casuals because everything is prepackaged and corporatized. Even the "well I don't want to spend $1000 on a PC" doesn't even hold water because you can buy a mid range $600-800 rig and run virtually anything these days and still be able to upgrade in the future as needed. Next Gen consoles are what, $500? And then you still pay $60 per title and factor in the HD TV and you've spent way more than you would on a PC.