WHAT IS EVERYONE SO DOWN ON THE CONSOLES FOR? 
Shoot we're just a keyboard and mouse support away from having a hardware-unified simulation platform. The next-gen consoles can handle it, just that developers don't want to go there. ...for whatever reason. I dunno, maybe the publishers like having the luxury of pre-releasing bug-ridden software and can easily pawn it off on trying to cater to the multitude of strange hardware/software conflicts.
The hard drive installation, PC link, and internet connectivity are already there for the modders to continue playing. What exactly do people think we'd be missing out on? ...the hardware/software conflict headaches?
I'm all for moving sims to the platforms. If the GT driving games are any indication of what level of detail can be accomodated for simmers (I can't even drive those stupid cars, I have to dumb it all down) we should be anxiously awaiting the arrival of detailed naval and air simulations.
Now see... you made me go and hi-jack the thread.
