Thereare pluses and minuses to them. Third party and unofficial add-ons wont work of course, but that is a plus in my opinion because it keeps out a lot of things which can warp the gameplay, like parsers or cheats. Its also nice to be able to play on the couch in front of the big screen, and what you see is what you get with a console-you never have to reduce graphic settings to get the game to run on your rig, or have to upgrade just to make it playable.

The downside is that your game is a lot less scalable, and can't be transported. When the console's lifespan is over, you can only maintain the playerbase. It gets very hard to often find replacement consoles for new players, and most console games can't do a direct download of the entire current gen MMO. Try and go out to find a copy of Everquest online adventures or phantasy star universe and you will see what i mean.

There is no reason they can't make a console MMO with keyboard/mouse support. PS3 supports kb/m and 360 could be made to as well if MS allowed it. You would need a wireless kb/m unless you have a kb/m with a VERY long cord to reach the console from a couch. I would love to play an MMO on my 52" HDTV. I have a better sound system for my TV than I do on my PC so that's another advantage for me.

Yup, you can hook a keyboard/mouse up to consoles, but at the same time you can hook a computer up to a big TV and get surround sound. (do it myself, with wireless peripherals for better couch-lounging)

The small inclusion of macro's (like on the G15 and whatnot) and extra buttons on the mouse is the kicker for me -- would consoles allow/be able to support that software?

Either way does have its advantages and disadvantages, as stated.

I hear you on this one, I am not sure the consol will overtake the PC in its present form.

Jason ... if that's really really true, then why don't you? A gaming PC with a cheap dual core and a HD4650 will be more than a match for a console and pretty damn cheap and you can hook it up to your TV just fine. I personally just don't buy it, MMORPG gaming is better done at the desktop ... but if it's what you really want nothing is stopping you from doing it right now.