Its interesting that you say that. I grew up playing PC games and have played them for at least 20 years but when the Xbox came out I switched to console. One of my best friends plays exclusively on PC and raves about the graphical fidelity but every time I look at his screen I cringe. It did not matter if he was playing Grid, or Half Life, or whatever but to me the textures looked too angular, to clean but not in a good way, too fake, and cartoony. This was very evident to me especially in games like Need For Speed Most wanted. I just preferred the console look which seemed more realistic or less like it was stiched together by angular textures and polys.
Its been like this for me since the old days. Console games I have felt always gave me a more immersive and believable feel. Subjectively it has been more important to me then higher resolutions and mod tools and this is why I think I switched to console. Even at a lower res I get a more immersive experience and I feel like things feel "realistic".