The reason I'll never get a console is basically because there's just too many great games out there. I've got the opposite situation from the original poster. I've got about 20 games on my shelf I want to play and about 5 more coming out this year I can't wait for (Dragon Age, Braid, Bioshock 2, Starcraft 2 (part 1), The Agency, Fable 2, DC Universe Online, and on and on and on. Next year: Alan Wake, Diablo 3, Guild Wars 2, Starcraft 2 part 2, etc etc etc). The LAST thing I need is another system demanding my time. I'm still having too much fun on my first time through Fallout 3!
You talk about the PC being expensive? Why would I want to go out and buy a console (which one? all 3?) when I've got all these great games on my PC, which I'd still have to own in addition to any consoles I bought? It's not like anyone's ever going to get rid of their computer! You need it for too much other stuff. (gee, what are you reading this on? Hmmm...) OK, I admit PCs are more expensive than consoles, but the great thing about PCs that you can't do with consoles is that you can upgrade them a piece at a time. Sure, a new PC costs about $1000, but why would you ever go out and spend all that money all at once? For an average of about $100 a year, you can keep your PC up to date enough to play all the new games. I've been doing it for 15 years! A video card every few years, a CPU every few years, maybe a motherboard or some RAM. Again, I admit this is still more than you'd spend on one console over the life of the console, but I can afford to save about 10 bucks a month to keep doing all this awesome gaming. And don't even get me started on how new triple-A titles are $50 on PC, but $60 on console. There's your first month's 10 bucks right there! When you think about it, it's really not as expensive as everyone says it is. Do you really NEED to play Crysis on maxed out settings? Give me a break. I played it on medium settings and it STILL looked better than anything on the so-called "next gen" consoles.
And why is everyone here bashing on MMO's? I love em! My biggest problem is trying to decide if I should play WoW, Lord of the Rings Online, Warhammer, Everquest 2 or EVE! Could I play any of those on a console? Not! Still too much money? Try one of the free ones! FreeRealms is coming out this year. Too young for you? Try Sword of The Free World or Dungeon Runners! Who knows, Aion might even be free to play.
And another thing: I really don't have a problem with ports. I loved GTA 4, Asassin's Creed, Mass Effect AND Gears of War. Looking forward to Fable 2. Have any of you checked out The Witcher? It's a friggin' masterpiece. Can't play that on a console.
You say the PC's only good for Stategey (Empire: Total War, Red Alert 3 or Dawn of War 2, Supreme Commander (with expansion), World in Conflict (with expansion) or Company of Heroes (expanded twice) anyone?), RPGs (Fallout 3, The Witcher, Spore, Neverwinter Nights 2, Oblivion), MMOs (see above) or flight sims (Flight Simulator X STILL kicks ass)? OK then, how about shooters (Left 4 Dead, Team Fortress 2, Orange Box Half-Life series, Bioshock, Call of Duty 4)? Adventure (Sam & Max, Rainslick Precipice) or just the crazy puzzle-y platform-y stuff (Portal, Braid)??? And don't even get me started on all the free mods and flash games online! And have you seen the deals on Steam and Good Ol' Games!?!?
The bottom line is: piracy sucks, but PC gaming is in great shape. If nobody ever made another PC game, I'd STILL have enough to play for years. I think you get my point. If you're not finding enough great games to play on the PC, then you're just not looking, my friend.