You' re welcome, fathoms...

Your argument was for me to find ANY titles in the genres mentioned...and that I did for ALL of the genres!

The difficulty here is that you could say that ANY of the titles I chose are cow dung, and I would never be able to prove to you that you do have choices.

It appears, as I read more of your postings, that what you are telling me is that you are unhappy with PC gaming as a whole. The solution...get yourself a console, whether it be a GC, PS2, or XBOX and enjoy what the consoles offer. PC gaming is so sophisticated as it is, because each PCs configuration could be a total mis-match for the hardware requirements of a particular piece of software.

I do understand that you believe that if the big three create a unified console things will go the way you feel about the current PC market...that I understand clearly.

I' m not too sure that' s the way things would work out, but it is a sound foundation to base your argument on... since the PC is considered a somewhat unified gaming system.

That' s why I choose to game on my XBOX and not my PC.

For those of you that chimed in at the last minute...thank you for your input.

As for you, fathoms, I have all the respect for you in this world. Thank you for having the ba**s to stand up and make your opinions known.

I hope that you find the type of games you like on a console...be it now or next-gen.

Thank you. Opinions are fine things to have; dangerous if forced on others, but useless if not communicated properly.

It' s true; in re-reading, I did ask you to find " any" titles, and that was a mistake on my part. I' m well aware of most all the titles you found, and I meant to ask something very different. As for the games you listed, the vast majority consider the PC-exclusive titles to be mediocre at best (check GameRankings).

And yes, I' m very worried of seeing a unified console facing the exact same problems the PC is facing. It' s in a five-year rut, and it shows no sign of ending (in 2004, the ONLY games worth mentioning come from ONE genre, and THAT is a bad sign, being so late in the year already, and only more FPS on the horizon). A unified console...no, I just think that innovation goes out the window and stagnation is inevitable.