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PC vs Console is becoming more and more irrelevant

As a longtime PC gamer, I think it's fair to say this:

PC gaming has it merit in things like being able to play games where the only thing stopping how far you push performance and visuals, is your wallet and also with mods and other player created content. But the gap in power and visuals compared to console, is closing every generation and even modding is making it's way to console. Multiplats are almost always designed with a controller in mind, with the only games that really "feel" like they're made for PC are generally strategy games, simulators and mmo's.

I've been a PC gamer for over 15 yrs and have been building them for about as long, so I'll always be a PC gamer at heart, but as tech evolves, it seems the advantage/benefit of playing on PC vs console has reached a point of diminishing returns, at least in my experience. Consoles are doing 4k/60 now, consoles have digital storefronts, console even have m/kb support and you can't beat the 'bang-for-buck' you get from consoles in terms of power/performance, as it's one of the benefits for optimizing on a closed system. For many PC gamers, that's enough to switch over or at least own both, leaving largely only enthusiasts and hobbyists as the stringent, hardcore, "PC only" gamers.

When it comes to simply playing games, there is no clear winner anymore, objectively speaking. The argument now almost entirely comes down to preference.