Ah ok, no argument there. Of course apples should be compared to apples. It is a bit same how "PC is the most widely used gaming device" because so many people played Minesweeper in the office all over the world.

I just now read the beginning of the article (sorry I've been busy at work today, no time to GOG even!!!), and what irritated me somewhat how PC gaming is supposed to come back with revenge because PC game graphics can be so much better than console game graphics... at least for the 1% of PC owners who have the very latest PC graphics hardware. Hasn't this been the case pretty much always, even when PC gaming has been proclaimed to be declining or dying?

To me, as a PC gamer, the theoretically superior graphics of PC games is one of the least important things pulling me to PC games, instead of console games. It has more to do with the type of games available specifically to PC, the way I usually prefer to play (ie. not on the big TV), the controls, the indie community and fan-made/freeware games, how PC seems to become the living museum of past systems, etc. And similarly some are console gamers for similar or other reasons.

EDIT: But they do raise other points later in the article, though. Anyway, even if Ubisoft hates PC gaming and gamers, I don't feel threatened just yet. For every Epic Megagames leaving PC gaming, there will be more and more others to fill their place.

It naturally depends completely on everyone's personal situation. For me to play primarily on TV, it would mean I could probably play only very late at nights, when the SO has gone sleeping. At other times, the TV is showing some program she either watches (with or without me, I might be even play some easy RTS games on a laptop at the same time :)), or at least glimpses every now and then. It would just feel wrong to "steal" the whole TV set for my personal use during that time. Yes, we have only one TV set.

For some games it may be indeed more relaxing to lay on the couch with the gamepad on your lap, instead of sitting straight up on couch (with laptop) or near desk. But then, I've found that even that is quite hard for me, if the game is challenging at all.

I recently started playing Halo 2 (on XBox) like that, laying relaxed, but after a minute or so I found myself sitting up on the couch anyway as I was trying to concentrate on fighting the Covenants. I just couldn't play it laying down anymore. So in the end, I could have played it on desk just as well, probably more ergonomic that way.

With some easier and slower game like PS2 ICO, it seems easier, at least when you are just slowly trying to figure out the puzzles, and not fighting the black monsters. But still, I constantly find myself trying to figure out ways (=emulators) to play my console games on my PC, just so that I get more freedom to choose where and when I can play them. Maybe it is just me...

Plus, on-screen keyboard, internal SD card slot... Clearly, nothing like a PC at all.[/deadpan]

two classics, this is basically when computers were starting to be affordable; 3000$ for an intel/windows based computer.

I have a non-touch-screen 15.6-inch tablet that's connected with hinges to a keyboard and trackpad. It weighs about 3kg and has a 320GB non-SSD HDD and a DVD recorder, it's also really easy to install different (and multiple) operating systems on and doesn't rely on an app store but the option to use one (or several) exists.

The only real let-down is the battery, it only lasts almost 3 hours on a full charge.