I agree that high end gaming PCs can be a bad target to aim for because they’re unrepresentative of most rigs, the advantage that consoles have is consistency.

I agree that high end gaming PCs can be a bad target to aim for because they’re unrepresentative of most rigs, the advantage that consoles have is consistency. No game developer should be surprised by their games performance on consoles at any point in the development lifecycle, since this is a known factor from day 1.