You are ignoring the context of the discussion, which is to compare PCs to consoles in a living room. The gp comment explicitly said he gave up PC gaming as he

You are ignoring the context of the discussion, which is to compare PCs to consoles in a living room. The gp comment explicitly said he gave up PC gaming as he did not want to play at a desk. And my point is that PC gaming is so damn good that even if you ignore a bunch of amazing games by limiting yourself to a controller you are still left with a huge library of games that are generally cheaper to buy and run best on PC, especially as they age. Yes, the out-of-game UX is worse on PC. Steam makes it easy with Big Picture Mode but other clients do not, and sometimes Windows needs babysitting. You can get a small wireless mouse & keyboard or a combo like this [1]. I use an app [2] that lets me use my phone as a touch pad and a keyboard. It also lets you minimize & switch between windows & shut down the PC. When you install a new game client configure it to remember your password. When you install a game put a link for it on the desktop. The core flow is pretty good but yeah sometimes there will be pop-ups to update drivers or install updates or something else. I still think that the major performance and price benefits offered by PCs are well worth it. I am also not a fan of modern console UIs which are increasingly show more ads. [1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014EUQOGK https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014EUQOGK [2] http://www.remotemouse.net/ http://www.remotemouse.net/