We have our own screen. Whole groups of gamers get together to form a community not found among console gamers. How great it is that I can test my skill in my favorite PC game against somebody else. PC multiplayers simply breed better games because we have the ability to refine our skills against other players. While these systems are notably a step up from their predecessers, they in no way match the power of most PC's.
Computers simply are better machines.
They handle 3D graphics better, are much faster and offer sound and video quality that consoles simply cannot. While I do prefer PC's over console systems, there are some areas in which console systems do win out. Consoles are, of course, considerably cheaper than a computer. There are games that PC's dont offer - I love Nintendo's Mario series and would not miss it for the world. Basically, I think that PC's are the better machines.