I still play Doom and Doom 2 with a gamepad. I don't find a mouse necessary until you get to games with 3d aiming.

I use Consoles (have all major ones still, from PS1/N64 on) and PC.

They are quite different beasts to me, each with their own merits and demerits.

Consoles have more games that interest me and some great exclusive titles, I also like playing games from my couch on a WS TV as opposed to hunched over a keyboard.

I tend to use PC's for old games and MMO's.

It's great having both options, if I could only have one, I would go for PC though, it is more versatile in the long run.

PC gaming is much cheaper. Just look at the Amazon and Steam sales and compare the same games on consoles. I will never go back to console gaming. My entire gaming archive is instantly available to me when i buy a new computer without having to invest in newer games until they have steep discounts. Furthermore, PC can do so much more than just gaming.

You're missing my point. Sure, not all old games will work on modern computers... but many do. In fact, I have yet to run into a PC game that will simply never work again. PCs are not 100% backwards compatible (and it can be a little bit of a chore once virtual machines come into the mix), but it's many times more backwards compatible than, say, a Playstation 3. I can boot up my computer and play Zork, then immediately switch to Dishonored. Or, I could use an emulator and play some Megaman or Legend of Zelda. Then maybe a different emulator for Donkey Kong 64, then maybe some Pitfall. Then maybe some Shadow Warrior. I can jump around between generations and even platforms with a few clicks. You can't do that to the same extent with a single console.

It's a matter of personal preference. I really value the ability to be able to do all my gaming on one system, and I value the ability to turn on my computer and switch around between gaming and non-gaming tasks without having to switch platforms. Other people care more about the ease-of-use of consoles.

No, they're cheap as hell now and the libraries are huge. Even the best titles are for sale used and dirt cheap, used controllers and third party doo-dads abound, there is no better time to take advantage of current gen than right now.

If you're in the US your gold sub will make your XBox 360 behave pretty much like a Roku box, PS3 will do many of the same things.

The best console at the launch of this gen was easily the PS2 for the same reasons (vast library of cheap titles, cheap hardware, ubiquitous peripherals, etc.).
It doesn't even have to be a choice/preference, both platforms can be had for so cheap, consoles especially so just now, with more titles than anyone but a kid on permanent summer vacation could ever get through.

You might as well have both, there's literally no reason not to at this point.

In my opinion, consoles are good for exclusive content you can't get on PC and for the fun downloadable games from Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation Network (like Shadow Complex, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Pixel Junk Shooter, etc).

I like having a PC and consoles. My computer is often tied up with other things, so I like having the option to turn on the console and play while I wait.

I also like consoles because the DRM they use is more transparent. It's not such a headache. I download a game and I play. The DRM is there, but I don't notice it. If my console dies, I can buy a new one, log into my account, and redownload the games I own. It's like Steam, but you don't have to log online every time you want to play and consoles aren't susceptible to viruses (at least not so far).

Sometimes it depends on the game. If I can get a game DRM free on PC, I'll buy the game on PC. If I can't, I buy it used for consoles.

Then, sometimes it comes down to whether or not I can mod the game. I go with PC for the games that aren't quite to my liking so that I can modify them. That's becoming harder though as PC games become crappy ports from consoles.

Well, that comparison isn't quite fair.

Playing an old game from the mid 90s on your N64 equals playing an old mid 90s game on your Pentium with DOS 6.2 and Win 98 installed on it. Of course it will work. It's their native system.

But try running your old N64 game on a Wii. It probably wouldn't even read the disc. But you might have a chance of running your old mid 90s game on a modern Win 7 computer if you know what you're doing.

PC gaming offers more options to the user than console gaming but it also requires a more knowledgeable user.

Consoles are cheaper . My xbox360 was $300.00USD and I been playing it for 3 or 4 years now. its also simple and simple sales. Most people don't want to thing about hardware and compatibility.

What you need to ask yourself is what do you want? your want the ability to make your own gaming machine or just buy a black box?

ps2 and a old sega mega drive are the only console i have write now, sometime sitting on the sofa playing a game with controller is relaxing and fun
play on pc(laptop usally) the rest of the time

This kind of statement always annoys me. I am not hunched over anything, I am relaxed and reclined in a very comfortable chair. Also my monitor is more "HD" than any 1080p television and larger too, due to my close proximity to it. And I don't have to fight the wife, kids or company for the living room.

The PS2 and XBox1 will be the last generation consoles that i will ever own. Im going to be a PC gamer only for the rest of my life.

It is indeed fair. Just think about it. PCs are upgradeable, which means users are constantly changing it to meet the ever evolving system requirements. No one keeps old PCs around (or at least the majority doesn't). The same can't be said about consoles. They are not upgradeable, if you sell your old console and buy a new one you know that you will lose all the games that you have for it, unless it's backwards compatible.

The trade-off of being able to upgrade a PC is that it will eventually lose compability with old games due to technical differences.

But the N64 and the Wii are completely different systems, with different architectures and everything. They are NOT meant to be compatible. A Pentium with Windows 98 installed and a Core i7 with Windows 7 are both PCs, the Windows 7 is meant to be compatible with software written for older versions, at least in theory.

In my experience, this is a dead issue. Win 7 has required me to invest zero time dealing with drivers, and worked out of the box. Of course, I still update my video card drivers, but that's effortless. I just installed Win 8 on my other machine just to see if I liked it. I don't because of the crappy interface... but it was up and running with all drivers without me doing anything. It runs great, it's just that the mobility centric Metro interface is not a good move on a desktop.

That all said... and as a side note... I installed Classic Shell on Win 8 and the Metro Screen is gone (though still accessible if I want it) and I have a fully configurable start bar back. But my gaming rig will stay Win 7 for the foreseeable future.

Sure... you can still have issues on the PC, but a driver issue is really rare now.

For those of us used to it PC gaming seems easy-peasy, but it's really not. I often have to tweak, google or update to play a game. Console gaming is much simpler.