[citation][nom]rmmil978[/nom]The Xbox is still being made because Microsoft sells millions of them every year...and the "old" hardware now costs them much less on each one they sell. And the Xbox Live service makes them hundreds of millions of dollars in profit. Oh yeah, and playing the games or playing the games on Live is incredibly fun. Who cares about having slightly noticeably better graphics on a high end computer anyway? All the games are now being scaled to consoles, which is unfortunate, so even using wonderful graphics cards won't show a whole lot of improvement on a PC compared to a console. This is being said by someone using 2 GTX 285's in SLI when I play games on a PC. That being said you don't really lose anything playing on a Xbox compared to a PC, and you gain Live, which is amazing for what it offers.[/citation]
Although I agree on your points about why they will not stop selling the xBox, I have to disagree with you on graphics quality. If you use the same screen for your console and PC, sure you wont see much of a difference. Maybe some improved shadows, draw distances, and lighting on the PC. If you have a real monitor for your PC though, you will have the ability to go to a much higher resolution, improved colors, and (in your case) 3D gaming with a small(ish) upgrade/purchase. Unfortunately, they stopped selling CRTs awhile ago and high resolution LCDs are crazy expensive when compared to an equally sized (inches) TV/monitor. Not to mention high resolution large format CRTs weight a ton which isn't a huge problem for those of us who dislike moving anyway.