PC Gaming (pro) vs Console Gaming (con)

I would like to respond to your essay.---------------------------------------------------CostThis graph is simply incorrect, for a decent rig that will run for 3 years without upgrades for moderate games you'll need probably around $1,200 not 700.http://www.ign.com...I will go as far as to say that a game you could buy for $50 on the Xbox you could buy for $20 on the PC but the fact of the matter, price is something PC haseasily one over so this is the only category I will let you win.A Ps4 now about 10 months since it's release, costs around $300 while an Xbone without kinect costs around $380 used.However I will plead a few cases to show that price on consoles are improving.PS Plus offers many games straight to your library once you buy PS Plus.Ps Plus also features discounts and other bonuses that would lower this number above.With Games with Gold you could also save quite well on titles you were planning to pick up.A $650 computer is essentialy a pampered toaster in my book which is definetly in the low -mid range gamingpc range and won't be running most games at high on 60 fps so I would definetly recomend it to be around $1,200.And for those people who like upgrading that could even gross to $2000.Though thanks to gabe newell and humble bundles pc games are much cheaper indead.ModsOh mods, what a wonderful celebration of Creativity and Brilliance.Modding in recent years has been forbidden territory for consoles but I expect that this generationfor atleast games like minecraft and hopefully many more, I have hope but so far for modders your gonna have to stay on the PC's.http://www.computerandvideogames.com...Adding modding tools in theory wouldn't be that hard just get the software code of games and find ways to connect it to PC and if the develepors could allow it and moderate it as well as Sonyand Microsoft that would be fantastic.UsabilityThis is one of the categories you did not state,probably afraid of the fact that consoles areindeed of the most user friendly things you can have.Even the steam machine http://store.steampowered.com...made by everyone's favorite Gabe Newell is trying to capitalize on this fact.Not only the brilliant social UI that PC has been streaming towards like the PS4's,Xbox 360's and even the Xbone's.This is what has in many cases been the most attractive to regular gamers and bothconsoles emphasize that.Both of the controllers and even the Wii U's controller is made with gaming in mind unlikethe good n' fashioned mouse and keyboard. The Consoles definetly win in this category.Game titles Consoles clearly have far more exclusives than PC's that include everything all the way from Msrio Kart to Heavy rain,Flower,Halo,Sunset Overdrive,Uncharted and far more that are simply not available onPC.This is not to say that PC's exclusives are small or bad but that frankly way too many of them are nothing new and nothing more than games meant to make some money ofPC gamers.Even in the perspective of the new generation consoles that came out recently compared to the PC like the PS4,Xbox One and Wii U that all house many more fantastic exclusives than are shown on that list made in 11/02/2013a pretty dated time period.Next, You are wrong in calling Counter Strike Global offensive,Half life 2 or Team Fortress 2 pc exclusives which they are not. In my opinion there are tons of Console exclusives that drag me in as I'm both an avid fan of Haloand I still love me some Heavy rain and Read Dead,even Infamous would probably pull me in more thana poorly made PC indie game while there are some great indie games.But even though I love some PC exclusives it offers fewer variety than the consoles.Even though there are plenty of good outliers it is more rare in my opinion to find a great Exclusive on PCthan on the consoles. Even the PS4 is getting into the indie game scene but often it isn't as exciting as the bigger budget games.As you said yourself these exclusives are mostly games like MOBA's, MMORPG's, and Point-and-Click Type Games thatare often overused as easy ways to get cash grabs and aren't interesting.The console exclusives are so enticing in fact that supporters of Wii U,Xbone and Ps4 allfight over the exclusives so much.In my opinion there are tons more enticing console games then you might think. EsportsAre something that only recently grew so immensly popular in consoles withthe introduction of the 360. The reason it has become so populor is due to the rise of PCesports but now both systems have different games where people vie for millions to win at international competitions. While their are also tournaments for games like Starcraft 2,LOL,Dota2I think that PC tournaments are based more on strategy while Console tournaments are based more on reflexes and skill. All the while I still don't believe that this should be a deciding category.Backwords CompatibilityConsoles nowadays are pretty backwords compatible while consoles back in the 90's were completely backwords compatible.Their are even plenty of remastered games like the last of us for PS4 and flow as well as the Halo's for the Xbone. The fact of the matter is your logic is backwards PC's can't physically be backwords compatible becausethey have no earlier versions and if they do I can tell you for sure that back in the 90's on the PC the game's weren't let's just say the best. Hardware and Graphics:In my honest opinion their is no way that a 650$ toaster can compare to the used $300 Ps4.My computer can handle nearly all modern games at high settings at around 60 fps with an intel i7 chip and a terabyte and a half but It's costed me $1,275 So no I would say to get the PS4 quality I would say it takes atleast $900 including storage and CPU and you would have to find a custom PC website or build it yourself and know what your doing. ControlsDifferent controllers are better for different things like playing racing games with a keyboard is stupid Iwould much prefer an Xbox's controller and it varies accordingly.The problem is that keyboards weren't made for gaming but Console's controllers were.Online Chat and the Online UI Muliplayer is a ton better on consoles because it offers completely seamless gameplay with friends and people onlineas well as using party chat to converse with people not even in the game as well as being able to easily freind people online just shows how polished the consoles UI's are.Unlike Online in PC games you don't have to hold down the button or anything to voice chat it's just seamless and well integrated. I would much rather have seamless Talk chat than just typing. Overall this is one of the most obvious wins of the consoles.