Quote Originally Posted by LalafellDown View Post
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You miss the "ease of use" part. Even without worry over price, you still need to gain the knowledge of PC hardware and software. While it's all not that complicated, it can be a daunting endeavour to a novice.

You need to buy each part, make sure everything is compatible, put it together correctly, then go through the processes of OS installation. After that, you still need to tweak the settings for every game you install to run well on your rig.

Plus, buying prebuilt gaming PCs is much more expensive than buying a console unless you buy low spec items.

You don't need to do any of that for a console. The developer has done all that work for you. It really is just plug and play.

This doesn't even touch exclusives that only hit consoles.