Despite of the fact I also play on both consoles and PCs, there is not only a perceived but an obvious bias from this editor (me) who runs a PC enthusiast website :).

That said, I want to clarify that the context of my statement “while many console owners don’t know better (when it comes to FPS)”

What I meant is that a majority of console owners who love Halo and swear by it have not had as much experience with shooters in general, Halo is perhaps the best of the shooters in a console while PC gamers have been playing shooters for years, we have seen the complete evolution in that genre and can name by the dozens the number of quality titles that have put console versions to shame.

At no point did I say that Halo is a bad game (for god’s sake I compared it to a golden oldie like MDK!) nor did I compare specs between consoles versus PCs. That goes well beyond the scope of my comments.

You also don’t need an 8800 GTS board to play the latest PC FPS games. By your example, let’s do the math. Yes an 8800 GTS is over 500 bones, but what about a pair of 8600 GTS cards in SLI mode? Each card is around $160 if you shop around, and then $5 for an SLI cable. $325. Less than any console except the Wii.
Let’s also assume the user already has a PC, so the investment has already been made in a device that can do something other than just play games or watch a hi-def movie. Even a single 8600 GTS gives better than good performance if you knock down a few “bling” features in certain games.

In reality, I use my 360 and PS3 primarily for HDDVD and Blu-Ray movies. Sure there’s the occasional game like Warhawk or Forza that’s a lot of fun. The graphics are very nice, but then again they’re only pushing 1080 lines of resolution, not 1600 or 2064 or higher.

Let’s talk hard disk space. Consoles seem to be ridiculously limited to storage capacity that is small and expensive. A 120G drive upgrade for an Xbox is over $200, but for PC you can get 350G, faster read time drive for under $150.

Multiplayer: Xbox live is a joke. Sony got it right with their free PS3 network. Why should you have to pay to use multiplayer features on XBL when you can have it for free on a PC or the PS3?

My point is, that if you’re going to compare PC to console, compare EVERYTHING. I feel that the author of the article did a pretty good job of summarizing Halo 3. It really is a weak shooter, and although pretty, nowhere as good as Halo 2, or the Half Life series for that matter. But that’s the opinion of an old school gamer. Wizardry FTW!

You need to clearify what you mean by this sentence.

I’m personally insulted by this comment and I play FPS on both console and PC alike. Both have thier pros and cons and for you not to state that or fail to even mention that shows your bias opinion.

Lets do the math so to speak, the fore mentioned Crysis Game by Crytek is good, but is will also cost you triple the Hardware cost of the 360 and Halo 3. A 8800GTS/Ultra will set you back 500 or more that that does not even include the mother board, processor, ram HD, etc. So I ask you, is it really fair to compare the two in this light?