Quote Originally Posted by Vivi22 View Post
Again, this is a non issue. As I said, you can get a computer that's more than powerful enough for $800-900. When you consider most people own both a console and a $400-500 PC, the price difference is negligible.

As for your other comments I also disagree with you there. Many console ports have full controller support these days, and since few people I know even turn their PC's off, the idea that you couldn't be playing a game within a minute, turn it off and quickly switch to watching TV simply has no basis in truth. I know several of people who do just that.
There are two faults here. The first is that your assumption about what PC people might own is too variable to be worthwhile. The only concrete numbers with regards to cost is that a gaming PC costs several times a gaming console; any additional information is meaningless. If I wanted, I could buy a £100 headset, and a £400 custom console with an £80 custom controller to go with my £800 HDTV. But assuming that people are going to do that is pointless and just skews your estimation. One can more reasonably assume that because a person owns a console, they won't need to fork over extra cash for a middle range PC, since they'd only need it for Office and the Internet. Any £100 PC will do that easily.

Similarly, not everyone leaves things on all the time, so that assumption is also nonconducive. A console costs £200, a gaming PC costs £800+; that is the only definite information we have regarding the base cost. The additional costs you should focus on is that of the games, since they are the only necessary part of gaming other that the medium.