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Originally Posted by Kickback

The pro's to console gaming is once you buy the console, you don't have to upgrade the damn thing for the next 5 to 8 years to play new games on it. Yeah yeah, I know people will say "BUT OMG IT CAN CRASH RROD?!" but your PC is more likely to die than your console is unless there's a legitimate hardware malfunction (which, on one of the models of the 360, there was).

But the components in a PC and in a console are the same. Motherboard, processor, GPU, heatsink (which was the issue on the 360) so the chances are really the same.

In fact, if you pit a gaming PC against a console, I'd say the console has more chances of having hardware failure simply because the OEM uses cheaper parts. Though I'd say less now, since AMD is picking up both of the "power" consoles.

I also have no problem with upgrading a graphics card (or anything for that matter) since PCs are generally provided with better graphics, even in ports. Skyrim and AC 3 show this.

Though I get what you're saying. It's about ease of use, bottom line.