Worth. Every. Penny.
The ability to bleed brakes where ever and when ever by yourself is really handy.
You know, I used to think the same thing. I built crazy watercooled computers and crap ten years ago, before there were kits and all the cool kids were doing it.
I was highly ranked in UT deathmatch and UTF. I had my own clan, our clan even had a website.
Then I switched to consoles. The analog sticks are tits, much more accurate than the keyboard for movement. I can play on a big screen tv. I buy a disc I put it in and I play the game, no drivers, no upgrading hardware, no patches. Yes I have to pay microsoft the $40 a year to use Xbox live, but from what I've seen of the playstation network the $40 is well worth it.
For the ease of play and not dealing with anything I'll probably never switch back to PC gaming.
Good time on the xbox last night Hale, too bad the lag was so terrible. Those frist two games I couldn't even hit people, I was shootig them long before saw the bullets from their rifle, and then I'd just be dead.