Um, hmmm, that is exactly the opposite of my experience writing console games. Console game dev is fun because you can push the machine to the limit and know ev

Um, hmmm, that is exactly the opposite of my experience writing console games. Console game dev is fun because you can push the machine to the limit and know every technique you use will work across all devices since they are all the same (or close enough). PC/Mobile dev is hell compared to that. I worked at a company that did mostly console, shipped one PC game, vowed never again as the support costs were several orders of magnitude higher than console.