Quote Originally Posted by JKTrix View Post
I have a pretty beefy PC, and a decent (virtual) stack of games to play on it, but I find myself reluctant to play them because I'm always doing something else on my PC. It's much easier to turn on my TV and a consolethan it is to get myself 'ready' to play a game on the PC.
I don't really see quite where you're coming from here. When I'm at my computer it's not the getting ready part, but the being locked out of the rest of my computer part. That of course is remedies by have dual-monitors and being able to easily jump back and forth. I guess if you mean installation and patching I can see that. Usually when I've freshly bought a game I don't really have that initial problem because I'm excited enough to play that I don't notice the bothersome bit of install and patch time.

Conversely, being that I'm at my computer most of my free life, I actually find that mousing over and clicking an icon is easier than walking to the couch, turning on the TV, switching to the appropriate input, turning on the console, getting the controller, etc. The Wii is notably cumbersome if you're switching between a game that needs nun-chuck to one that needs classic controller, or whatever other BS peripherals not to mention actually changing game discs.


even easier to pick up any one of my handhelds and start playing
This I can agree with absolutely. I love just picking up a handheld with my recent poison of choice already popped in and just switching it on and starting playing. PSP is making me especially lazy because I'm getting used to bringing a game up out of sleep mode and BAM I'm exactly where I left off. It makes the DS seem slow by comparison because I actually have to suffer through the DS menu screen and then the game's title screen. Geez!! All that hassle.