Good posts Tarakan...
I gotta disagree with you guys and say PC. I like the mouse and keyboard ten times better than a controller (for most games at least). PC, IMO, has better graphics, more fixibility if something is wrong with the game (patches, upgrades, etc.).
And PC can be used for other things, so it is more useful to you in the future.
As for hte cost of PC's. It's not that bad. I custom built my own PC a year ago for approxiamately 700-800 dollars. That will play any current game out there and will so for about the next two years. Another thing I like about PCs is that you only have to upgrade parts of it to keep up with the technology. in two years, when I'll have to upgrade, I'll only have to buy $150-200 worth of equipment.
I can see why people would like console over PCs, but I bought a PC mainly because it will be more useful to me in the future.