actually...from a cold boot, I can get into FFXI faster on my dinosaur of a PC than I can get into Borderlands2 on my new PS3 from a cold boot.

It all depends on how you are set up I guess. But in general, PC's offer way more flexibility than a console. Games are developed on a PC/MAC, then loaded on the console for testing. Why? Because they have considerably more resources under the hood. Also, if a game requires more resources to run as intended, you simply upgrade the PC if needed---can't necessarily do that with a console.

No matter how you slice it, the PC is generally a better platform in the long run if you are dealing with games that are meant to evolve and grow over time (and thus potentially demanding more resources one day).