I did a quick comparison of the 3 Consoles after the below comment made me think as to how accurate it was. Below is an image of a fairly rough set of 10 modern-ish/coming soon games plus a selection of console counterparts. (Was going to use Google Docs, cba setting up an account). What it doesn't take into account however is that you can use the PC for work too, so is a cost saving as with a console you'd likely have a £300 PC or laptop aswell.
Also note I've not included peripherals or displays. Plus, the PS3 doubles up as a blue-ray player, though one can be added to the PC for £40.
I've tried to keep it as balanced as I can, the game selection was mostly chosen from their best sellers pages, though some I added in (mafia, GRID) for variety. All the prices are from amazon too, aren't the best prices where with the hardware I did try to shop around more.
From the 'PC Gaming is Dead' thread, it's a valid point. The cost of games is considerably cheaper for PC, and that's mainly based on the newer releases which are pricer for PC anyway. I also ignored PC-only games, and the older ones, such as Crysis, S.T.A.L.K.E.R, Empire:Total War, TF2 et al which are all cheap games now, but it's hard to compare them. Include free content such as Mods (hl2/UT3 engines especially) and free games such as Alien Swarm being given out, that also brings the price down if you were to compare just 10 games, rather than 10 identical games.
(Currently, Crysis: £5, STALKER: £6.24 for 2 on steam, Orange box: £13)
The PC is also a fair decent build, it probably could be done cheaper through ebay/old PC parts etc, but this is for comparison's sake and it's a build that will play all games, most of them on high without too many issues. If you have any complaints I'm sure you'll say
EDIT: Gaming costs shown:
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Sometimes have some good stuff on there (like borderlands earlier this week for £6).



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