Definitely agree with the bolded.
Regarding Graphics - While the top end performance is always nice, that isn't what I am going for the majority of the time, when my system is not top tier. Instead, it's all about the capability of the game and what makes sense for it. I want that future proofed flexibility so I can keep improving upon a game when I get round to more powerful hardware. But even that isn't the main point - I'll always have my own priorities whether low end or high end, and different form factors. It's all flexibility
However - For me and the majority of folks, the PC ecosystem is one that absolutely flourishes with gameplay being a focus. The market for every genre is so intense that this tends to be the main point every time. There is no marketing blitz and endless press conferences or competitive nature between platform holders to keep pushing graphics fidelity over gameplay. If frequently feels like the complete opposite. Just a single look at all the successful games on PC makes that all the more clear. All of this leads to a laser focus on creating all manner of niches to both be competitve and creative and engage potential customers, which then rolls into these micro-trends that tend to happen or complete reinvigoration of different genres that may have been moved away from.
On top of all that, the whole open nature of the platform is what leads to all manner of innovations that take hold and apply directly to the creation of games and how they evolve and thus the entire ecosystem. Whether its games, technology, services and features, business models etc, they all tend to begin on PC and thrive there before spreading. That heavy experimentation and quick iteration far beyond any console platform is the driver of all this, combined with the strength and ease of anyone being able to get involved and create, modify and build upon what others do.
That's what it's all about.
