I swear, people on the internet (including myself), spend more time arguing about stuff that amounts to simple subjective preference. Yea, I know, it can be fun, I just don't understand why people actually get mad/offended/insulting when someone doesn't enjoy something for the exact same reason they do. Nothing says "get a life" quicker (uh oh... I just became insulting... that's alright, I'm a hypocrite from way back). I have actually switched to preferring "comfy couch" pc gaming 80% of the time. Just five years ago, I never would have. In my case, two young children leave me so tired, that desktop gaming started to feel like a chore, i.e. energy demanding. I have a nice chair and everything, but after trying "comfy couching" it, all of the sudden it was as fun as I remember. I don't even have an issue with the keyboard in my lap and the mouse beside me, long as I got a good lappad and a good mousepad. I do just use a gamepad unless its a FPS, or Diablo type game. However, the cons are definitely noticable. For competitive gaming, forget it, you got to be focused, with all mental energy devoted to the game... for me, at least, that ain't happening on the couch. I also use a true 120 hz monitor, because I'm a framerate freak, but the hdtv I use is limited to 60 hz. And the immersion is less, I do feel a large "disconnect" from the game when the monitor is not right in my face, but, suprisingly, only after about 10 minutes of playing, I do not notice this aspect AT ALL, and the immersion becomes the same (except for the added immersion that I get from using Nvidia 3D Vision on my desktop monitor, my brain never stops noticing that). One day I hope to get a large enough, true 120 hz screen that this is not an issue at all. And fortunately, for me, 1080p is plenty. It would have to be one large screen for the dot pitch to bother me. I've always chosen framerate over resolution, just my preference. Most of the time, the added comfort increases my fun so much that it overrides the annoyance at the decreased immersion. I concede, however, I can't imagine playing an intense 1 vs 1 round of Quake 1, map DM4, laid back on the couch.