I started playing the older games, such as DOOM and Half Life, on the PC. But when I got my hands on the Xbox and PS2 controllers, I never went back. I can’t see playing with a mouse and having to spend untold thousands on upgrades, and having to go through installation rituals and tweaking to get the games to work. Also, I rent most games from Gamefly, and I don’t think any rental outfits rent PC video games. And I don’t think very many people today can shell out $20 - $60 dollars every week to play a new game. I play (or tryout) a game every week on average, some 50+ a year. It costs me an average $6.50 per rental when I average them out over time.

I think the video game industry is also overlooking the entire baby boom retirees like myself, as potential vast source of new players. They think its only for kids, which I feel is very wrongheaded. If they designed and marketed games and consoles made with some input from senior game-lovers like myself, they could vastly increase market share. But PC will always be here, but in the end the console will rule.