I'm gonna have to chime in and agree that there has been a lot of misinformation about PC gaming that still gets spread. PC gaming still overall isn't as simple as console gaming, but the gap between them isn't anywhere near what it was a decade ago.
--If you don't wanna pay any more than $400USD for access to AAA games, that's a perfectly valid reason to favor console gaming, but don't pretend you NEED $2000 to do any gaming on PC, or even decent AAA gaming on PC.
--If you don't wan to go through the trouble of building, OK. Just know that it's not something only engineers or whatever can do, there are services that basically do it for you. Nice pre-built gamer PCs exist if you're willing to pay for them (back to the point above).
--If you don't like mouse and keyboard or don't like playing games at a desk, that's fine too. Just don't pretend stringing up an HDMI cable to your PC is the hardest thing in the world, or ignore XInput and the Steam Controller backend. I get it though if you can't work a PC tower into your TV entertainment center (for anyone willing to build, there are HTPC shells that look more like big entertainment center appliances).
--Console exclusives? Sure. But don't act like Uncharted 4 and Halo 5 are objectively better games than Stephen Sausage Roll, Undertale, RimWorld, and Cities: Skylines just because they look pretty and more people are aware of them. People just h ave their own tastes. If your tastes are more inclined towards third person shooters, that's you.
--If you don't like dealing with drivers that's cool too, but I think the bad experiences you read about on forums are a case of only hearing from unsatisfied users. Most of the time these days installing new drivers is just a matter of booting up an app Nvidia has that automatically handles them for you. You can even use it to configure and automatically optimize graphics settings outside of games. I don't know how AMD does it these days but Steam has a thing that automatically handles AMD drivers. Again, drivers are there whereas they aren't on consoles, but for most users they aren't the constant nightmare they're sometimes portrayed to be.
--And graphics settings? Again, perfectly valid reason for choosing consoles. Outside that Nvidia app I just mentioned though, I think this is one area where the console and PC user mentalities are fundamentally different. Console users seem to still have that need to know their product is the cutting edge or that the developers are optimizing some real craftsmanship in there or something. On the PC side you really just have to learn to let go at some point and settle for what you're able to afford. You're not gonna run everything at max settings at a perfect 60 frames per second. There may come a point where you have to accept and budget for "mid-level" performance. That may mean running most AAA games at 1080p30, which is what I did on my GTX760 or choosing higher framerate over better graphics. The difference on consoles is that the manufacturers and developers are making those compromises for you.
--If you just plain hate Windows, that's probably one of the most valid reasons to go for consoles. All I'm saying is, updating Windows 10 at this point isn't a world of difference away from updating the PS4's firmware. It's pretty automatic at this point.
--If you don't wanna pay any more than $400USD for access to AAA games, that's a perfectly valid reason to favor console gaming, but don't pretend you NEED $2000 to do any gaming on PC, or even decent AAA gaming on PC.
--If you don't wan to go through the trouble of building, OK. Just know that it's not something only engineers or whatever can do, there are services that basically do it for you. Nice pre-built gamer PCs exist if you're willing to pay for them (back to the point above).
--If you don't like mouse and keyboard or don't like playing games at a desk, that's fine too. Just don't pretend stringing up an HDMI cable to your PC is the hardest thing in the world, or ignore XInput and the Steam Controller backend. I get it though if you can't work a PC tower into your TV entertainment center (for anyone willing to build, there are HTPC shells that look more like big entertainment center appliances).
--Console exclusives? Sure. But don't act like Uncharted 4 and Halo 5 are objectively better games than Stephen Sausage Roll, Undertale, RimWorld, and Cities: Skylines just because they look pretty and more people are aware of them. People just h ave their own tastes. If your tastes are more inclined towards third person shooters, that's you.
--If you don't like dealing with drivers that's cool too, but I think the bad experiences you read about on forums are a case of only hearing from unsatisfied users. Most of the time these days installing new drivers is just a matter of booting up an app Nvidia has that automatically handles them for you. You can even use it to configure and automatically optimize graphics settings outside of games. I don't know how AMD does it these days but Steam has a thing that automatically handles AMD drivers. Again, drivers are there whereas they aren't on consoles, but for most users they aren't the constant nightmare they're sometimes portrayed to be.
--And graphics settings? Again, perfectly valid reason for choosing consoles. Outside that Nvidia app I just mentioned though, I think this is one area where the console and PC user mentalities are fundamentally different. Console users seem to still have that need to know their product is the cutting edge or that the developers are optimizing some real craftsmanship in there or something. On the PC side you really just have to learn to let go at some point and settle for what you're able to afford. You're not gonna run everything at max settings at a perfect 60 frames per second. There may come a point where you have to accept and budget for "mid-level" performance. That may mean running most AAA games at 1080p30, which is what I did on my GTX760 or choosing higher framerate over better graphics. The difference on consoles is that the manufacturers and developers are making those compromises for you.
--If you just plain hate Windows, that's probably one of the most valid reasons to go for consoles. All I'm saying is, updating Windows 10 at this point isn't a world of difference away from updating the PS4's firmware. It's pretty automatic at this point.
