There are many PC games that are developed by independent mid-tier developers. I dislike classifying them as indie because that term has come to mean something a little different it seems.
There are plenty of glorious games on the PC with a budget high enough to produce a game with a lot of content, but just not quite enough to polish it all off. Games like EYE, or Hard Reset, or Mount and Blade fit into those categories.
A writer for Gamespot recently wrote a great article that fits well. It's definitely worth a read.
http://www.gamespot.com/features/in-defense-of-the-60-6349597/
While it's main focus is on how we look at the score "6.0" there's a message to be told of how many low-scoring games didn't score low because the game was bad, but rather because they lack the polish of the AAA titles.
So it's really up to you.
The decision was easy for me. In the reality of things the consoles don't get that many more big-budget games than the PC does. Maybe five or so in a good year. But on the other hand the PC will get dozens of more exclusives to itself from that "Mid-Tier" section of gaming, and on top of that HUNDREDS of indie titles.
Only make the jump if you can invest a little extra time in learning what's available. There's really no business in buying a gaming PC if you just want to play the high-budget games.
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