Some points I disagree with, some I don't. It's the wonderfully fatuous comparison between PC and console gamers at the start of your post that makes me question the rest of what you say - nice, sweeping generalisation you've got there. There's no question that PC gaming is the more elitist sector, your comparison's too gormless and limited to hold any validity - Across the whole spectrum of my gaming friends, the only people who ascribe to your image of a PC gamer are those who won't actually game much, but spend more of their time programming for fun. It'd be as accurate to say that, since consoles have become the staple meat of council estate families, people who play consoles are knuckle-dragging, cretinous evolutionary throwbacks who need to sit farther from their screen so they can see it past their eyebrow ridge. Funnily enough, most of my console-playing friends don't fit into this classification, either.
I'd agree with the point you raised about MW2, because the PC corner isn't having a very big impact on the gaming market any more. I'd disagree with your use of MW2 as an example in that sense though, for one core reason - MW2 was a victim of that influence, not an example. The multiplayer aspect was organised like a console game, and PC gamers hated it. It was organised like a console game, as are so many other titles, because consoles are more popular (plus some crap about piracy, which is just as rampant on consoles). Dragon Age is having a sequal released soon, and that's going to be worthless on PC - all indications say that they've listened to the console market's complaints that it was too difficult or too complicated to play, and applied the same factors to the PC version. PC gamers won't be able to play the game isometrically - it'll be 3rd person view, and that's the only choice you have. Not that you'll need a more strategic view - the game is going to be such a brainfart that you'd have to struggle to fail. Conjecture, perhaps - but we've seen it happen before. Gothic is a prime example.
As far as PCs being an investment and consoles being generic and disposable, I couldn't agree more. I'm a PC gamer, and even though my customisation's minimal, it does feel strange playing on someone else's setup - and I hate people touching mine. To that extent, if you want that personalised experience, PC is the better option - and you're going to have to pay for it. Personally, I play games in my solo time, and do most of my socialising out of the house, so I don't need a console to balance my social life with my gaming. You make good points, but being bilious and unpleasantly insulting about it detracts from their credibility.
