Any PC game that doesn't put saved games within in %appdata%\(publisher)\(title) or %userprofile%\My Documents is not following the Windows file system hierarchy standard and thus is not a conforming Windows application.
Just because everyone says that is where they should be saved does not mean that is where they will be saved, right now in my "My Documents" is has a folder for bioshock, ea games has it own folder, bioware has it own folder, all in My documents... there is also a save games folder built into windows that is current;y empty, Diablo 2 saves its local saves in the games folder itself. I don't remember the game but i have seen one saved on the root of the file system.
Your right they should all be in the app data folder, but is the my document folder really appropriate for save games, it just makes "my documents" a mess considering vista & 7 already have a saved games folder
You are right never is a strong word, and I thought about it as soon as I hit the submit button, I know there are some good single screen multi-player games for pc, My friends all still love playing Worms Armageddon together.
I do believe both PC and console gaming is good (for everything there is a season), I was just wanted to point out the flaw in saying a console is a crippled computer because technically with the same data one could argue a PC is a crippled game console.