I am a PC gamer and I think its stupid it got delayed but I can live with it. At least I know Valve still loves us, look at TF2. No matter how hard they try to get updates to the Xbox they have to verified and tested and for months/years. They can't release all the content for TF2 updates because they can't fit it on an Xbox without a hard drive.
Proper mod support will always be PC gamings best component, the Call of Duties don't have that many well made mods. Look at Fallout 3 or Unreal Tournament, the good versions. PC gaming maybe more expensive, but is worth the cost of admission to me, you pay more up front, but you can do much more then its console brethren, like use a mouse and keyboard... You can have better graphics, higher frame rates, free online play, more indie games, Steam.
I am annoyed by what is happening to PC ports of games though, they are much more shoddy and unoptimized then their older counter parts. There are those that are done incredibly well, like GRID, but many are just done poorly and feel lacking with PC controls. Like the obscene amounts of mouse acceleration in Bioshock that can't be turned off or those rootkits that are so called DRM that you need to have to even play. Sure with a console you have the benefit of just tray and play. You also get a convenience that you know anything you buy will always run the same for everyone.
However, I still would never trade my PC for a console. PC gaming is different then on a console, when you build your own machine and get to use it for a period of time it stops being a piece of hardware and becomes something more. With a console you have just that a console. With a PC its like a living thing, it can do anything you want it to if you put in the time and effort. I spent more time tweaking my system and trying to squeeze out that last bit of performance from an overclocked processor then playing a lot of games. PC gaming is two hobbies you get, one being a gamer and the other being a technology enthusiast. Not everyone has the same experience, but there is a great feeling when you get together with other PC gamers at a LAN that is completely different then at a console LAN. It takes more effort but you get more out of your work as a result.
Consoles and PC's both have there upsides and downsides. Some people like having a 10 foot platform, while others like theirs desktop. People need to just accept that their are different types of people. I play console games with my friends when they are over, I don't have the same type of experience its a lot more mellow. When I play a LAN with them on PC its different. We have a different mindset and while it is less mellow it is much more satisfying for everyone involved. There is a place and player for both types of systems. I wish the hate that both groups have toward one another would just stop. Fanboyism isn't useful, it just leads to fights. There will always be the PC elitism, but its been around as long as consoles have existed.
