People just prefer consoles. The majority I think anyways. I would love to game on my laptop but the biggest issue for me is money. Consoles are inexpensive compared to a good customized gaming PC...that's a major putoff. Especially when I could get the same entertainment value on console.
I know many people make that exact argument, although $2000 on a pc isn't expensive considering it's not hard to spend up to $3000 a year on games you only need to upgrade you pc every 2 to 3 years. You have got to consider the sound system, TV station as well as the TV and followed by the console itself, all that run well into the $3000 mark as well. I guess it gets down to would you prefer one system over the other. Personally I have come to detest consoles due to its lack of customizability both in the hardware as well as the modabilty of the software/games.
Whoa. 3000$ a year on games? I don't even break 300$ a year.
I'm assuming people often times already have the TV to play their consoles on and a good sound system could just be a pair of headphones or just the TV speakers. I don't want to shell out the big bucks just to game. I want to support my hobby but I want to put my money to other uses too.