In case you have NO idea what Big picture is:
I just bought Spec Ops: The Line from STEAM and since I have my 42 inch Full HD flatsceen very close to my PC (I connect my PC to my TV via HDMI cable mainly so that I can watch stuff like youtube on my TV rather then on my PC) I decided to give STEAM's big picture mode a try.
...And holy crap, is it awesome.
Granted that I haven't found a way to make the BP mode use the highest res on my TV rather then that of my pc monitor without going to resolution options and telling my PC to only use my TV as a monitor (this can be mildly annoying), and since there is no HDMI port on my PC (I had to use an adopter to connect the HDMI cable to my pc's DVI slot/port/end/whatever. Also note that this isn't a problem if you have a HDMI port on your PC or another cable for audio) my audio comes out of my PC speakers rather then out of my TV which is a shame (though the audio still works just fine since the speakers are only a few meters away from my sofa and TV anyways), but generally speaking playing your STEAM games with the big picture mode is basically exactly the same as playing them on an actual console but with even better graphics.
Most of the games that are multiconsole even change their menus to reflect that fact that you are now using a controller.
So, why even use a console now? I can now see almost literally nothing that consoles can give me now that I can't also get with STEAM's big picture mode and more.
Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to bash consoles. I own both a Xbox 360 and a PS3. But its just that since using STEAM's big picture mode with an Xbox 360 controller gives me almost the exact same experience that I would get from playing on a actual Xbox 360 I just don't see the point of using an actual xbox 360. I get literally all of the pros of both consoles and PC's both at the same time.
The only thing I would get out of consoles now are games that are only released on their own respective consoles, like Halo or God of War. But I am not sure if spending lots of money on a whole console is worth it just to get a handful of high-profile games that aren't released on PC.
So, is there any point in consoles now if you have everything that you need to enjoy STEAM's big picture mode and a powerful PC to run the latest games?
Thoughts?