[slantyyz]

In the "old days", there used to be a big genre separation between PC and consoles. Prior to consoles being powerful enough to drive FPS games, they were generally the best way to play arcade ports, Japanese RPGs and communal multiplayer games.

The lines started to really blur (imo) with the Xbox 360, when people really started playing FPS on TVs in very big numbers.

On the other hand, the types of games that kept me buying consoles (fighting games like Street Fighter and Tekken) are now released day and date with consoles. Thanks to the availability of these games and high frequency of huge discounts on Steam, I no longer foresee any reason for myself to ever buy a new console in the future.

Consoles are still great for fans of certain franchises and genres (like Zelda, Mario Kart and Rock Band) that don't make it to PCs, but for everyone else, I'm not so sure.