Now whether consoles are killing the PC gaming market is not a new question. It was first brought up in the late 1980s with the introduction of the NES and the decline of the Commodore 64, the cheapest computer during that time, and also the computer with the largest gaming library.

Nearly 20 years later, and the adoption rate of consoles has steadily increased thanks to better graphics, online experience, and better controllers.

The biggest complaint among gamers since the early 1990s was jaggies in their game, which was a result of low resolution on the console side and TV side. Television had a resolution of 720x480 that was usually cut in half. Compared that with the PC which could do 800x600 easily. But with the introduction of large HDTVs, the resolution of TVs increased significantly enough that PCs had to bump up their graphics to ridiculous resolutions.

Now look at a game like Crysis that can't be created on a console because of huge textures. Does it look great on the PC? Yes. Do you play it at super high resolutions? Probably not. Even with two 8800GTXs, the game is slow at anything near 1920x1200.

Gamers and developers are realizing that the difference between the PC and consoles in terms of graphics are becoming negligible. Yes the PC will always have better graphics, but how much better? Not the huge difference that once existed between the two mediums.

Now if you go to a Gamestop or another game store, you'll notice that the PC shelves have shrunk while the PS3 and 360 shelves have grown. Now you know that console game sales have always dwarfed PC game sales, but what you didn't know is that the difference has really grown, especially with more PC games moving to consoles such as The Sims and RTS games like Command and Conquer.

Both PCs and consoles are getting more powerful, and while we believe that consoles will never be as powerful as a PC, there's no doubt in our mind that in terms of gameplay, graphics, and sound, that there is a fundamental shift in thinking where gamers are choosing consoles, not because they can play console games, but because that's where all the games are going first.