It appears that I forgot to nullify 2 more points in my previous post, so I will amend that now. I will also be restating some points that people seem to not understand (Half these repeated points were posted on the same page as mine, or 1 page in front. People can take some time to read current arguments before posting them again).
1. PC is hard to build. Not necessarily. I could say a console is hard to install, what with all the cables to plug in, but that is because I am less experienced with consoles. PCs are, if you either:
a) Checked that the pieces are compatible online first (A hassle, yes, but not too hard)
b) Know the parts that you need because a friend told you, or you looked up the parts to a gaming rig that you saw in a shop (Pretty easy)
pretty easy to build. Its basically: Motherboard goes in Chassis, RAM goes in RAM slot, CPU goes in CPU slot, GPU goes in GPU slot, Hard Drive goes in Hard Drive slot, and these cables connect everything. To use an analogy used earlier, its like playing with Lego, but then you have to plug cables in (Which you do with a console anyway). As for what each of them does, and what is better, you need only look at certain parts of the name. E.g:
4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SO-DIMM at 677MHz - The only real important thing you need to look at is the 4GB part. Everything else is mostly compatibility, which your local tech-store-person will be more than happy to help you with if you have no friends that can, or don't have 1-3 hours to look on the internet (1-3 hours will cover basically every piece of hardware your getting, if you know haw to search the internet efficiently in general).
Is building a PC harder than plugging in a console? Yes, it is a fair bit harder.Is it hard for a ten year old to learn to build a PC? No. I built my current PC when I was 10 (Maybe 11), and it was pretty simple.
2. Have to keep replacing parts. Who says? I have had my PC for a good 4-5 years now and I have not replaced 1 part. The 'but to keep it top-of-the-line' argument is moot. Why does it need to be top of the line? My mediocre PC can do as good - if not better - then most current gen consoles. If I bought a new computer now (Which I am) I would expect it to last through this generation, and the next generation of consoles without needing an upgrade. There is no need to keep upgrading and upgrading unless:
a) You have more dollars than sense
b) You are obsessed with having everything top-of-the-line
3. Console and PC exclusives. Hopefully the last time this will come up. Both have exclusives. My favourite game at the moment? Starcraft 2. Is it on a console? No. Is it old? No. Is it by an Indie developer? No, it was made by Blizzard Entertainment, who make a number of my favourite games and the closest they've come to releasing something on a console was this years April Fools joke about SC2 moving to Xbox Kinect. Which platform's exclusive games you like is a preference, and does not count as an argument.
4. More Expensive. PCs are not. Even if you don't build your own, you get a superior product for only slightly more than the price of a console. I have seen some 300-500 dollar computers in local catalogues that could probably beat a PS3 or Xbox specs.
5. Couch multiplayer. A preference, albeit one that a lot of people share. My friends and I have around 3-4 'game ready' PCs around each of our houses, and if we wanted we could sit in the same room and play together. We choose not to. We see no point in it. We are not gaining anything, we are still each concentrating on the game and our strategies. We are still talking to each other, we use either the game's built in VOIP system, or use our own VOIP phones (for which computer to computer calls are free [on our plan] before anyone tries to call that one out). The only downside is that we each have different 'break periods' dependent on our individual families schedules. Though it is cheaper on console to have 'couch multiplayer' sessions, as each of our family members uses a PC (and likes having their own), that cost becomes moot for us. The same-couch experience is merely a preference held by a number of people.
The two arguments I can think of for having a console over a PC are, as I have stated before, are:
a) The fact that your 'average joe' finds consoles easier to use than PCs
b) Preference
If anybody thinks there is something I have missed or overlooked, please tell me. Before posting another moot point that has been stated by someone else however, please read at least this post and my previous one, as I believe (and hope) they cover all the arguments posted so far (My previous post is on page 8), and this will hopefully make repeated points less commonly occurring.
Thank You to everyone who bothered reading through the wall of text
