PC or Game Console?

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I am envious of Console users. They purchase the game, load up and play. Whereas PC users either download the game offline or by DVD and launch the game through an online server. When you've got the game up and running, the fun begins. Numerous updates, sometimes one step forward two backwards and more Gremlins than in a Pantomime. We anxiously wait for each update hoping for our pet problem will be ironed out only to be disappointed and again looking forward to the next patch. The requirements for a PC gamer is to have infinite patience and a 1st in computer programming. I don't think there would have been many fighter ace's if they had to service, fuel and re-arm their aircraft before each flight. So what is the answer, should we pay more for PC games so that the Dev's can get it truly "plug and play" first time out, or is there something more sinister in that we PC gamers are a little masochistic? I for one just want to fly and not have to "faff around" with the inner workings of ruddy PC's. I do have to add that my musings are not aimed at 1C developers in particular, just game developers in general.

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