I remember getting my first PC back in 1997 (an IBM Aptiva with Windows 95). While it wasn't the best at running the latest 3D games it was something I still dabbled in (buying Computer Shopper and trying the demos).
Back then there were so many exclusives which, if you had a 3DFX card absolutely blew consoles out of the water
Half-Life
Quake II/ Quake 3 Arena
Thief: The Dark Project
Tom Clancey's Rainbow Six
Homeworld
System Shock 2
Grim Fandango
Unreal Tournament
These games would remain exclusive to PC for years and, if they ever did get ported to console, they would either be severely diminished or something that barely resembled the PC version at all.
Now these types of game all come to console on the same day and, apart from some small resolution differences are exactly the same game.
Then there's online, while you have to pay for console online, consoles get online capability day 1, just as they do on PC.
Many here keep pushing PC due to it having more console games without realising that it's a two way street, consoles now have all the big PC games.
When did all those change, was it the PS3/360 generation?
PC's glory years