I just download most of my games, unless I know its going to be good, then I support the programmers
Oh and PC > consoles. I used to argue this same thing in OT but I was constantly getting ridiculed for such blasphemy.
BTW you don't have to pay an arm and a leg to get the power to play games like Crysis on max settings. Take a look at two 9600GT's, which easily overpower an 8800GTX, and you can get them for roughly $150 apiece.