I'll give this a shot: > Mice/Keyboard vs. Clumsy controllers. For many types of games, I prefer a controller to a mouse and keyboard. On consoles, the contro

I'll give this a shot: > Mice/Keyboard vs. Clumsy controllers. For many types of games, I prefer a controller to a mouse and keyboard. On consoles, the controllers are designed to be used to play games. On computers, the games are designed to be played with a mouse and keyboard. > Superior hardware. It doesn't matter, if all the games with a big enough budget to take advantage of that hardware are also coming out on the consoles. Also, developers can leverage more out of the limited capabilities of a console because of their uniform hardware, whereas with computers they have to take into account a range of hardware and that precludes them leveraging those capabilities as much. > You already have one, so no new purchases needed. Many computers aren't gaming rigs. If you don't have a gaming rig, then a new console is a cheaper option than a gaming computer. It may even be the case that it's cheaper to get a general-purpose computer plus a console than to get one specialized gaming computer. > A vastly greater array of games to choose from. Doesn't matter if enough of the games that you want to play are coming out on consoles too. > Almost always cheaper games. But the console hardware is cheaper, so that balances out (depending out many games you buy). And you can get many games that are more than about a year old for $10-20. Not as cheap as a Steam sale, but getting close.