Stall said:
PC, because it's objectively superior on every criteria you could possibly judge a gaming platform on.
I hate to be super technical. But this is always loaded with all sorts of perspectives. Saying PC in this area of discussion has all sorts of things that come meshed with it and by association, all sorts of perspectives about emulation, piracy, and so forth.
I hate to be super technical and all that, again. But I feel like I want to bring up the whole pedantic fact over whether a console is a PC, again. Console are pretty clearly a computer. I don't know if it would be a "personal" computer. But the Nintendo Entertainment System was once called the "family computer" and had a keyboard for it.
Really, what people seem to be saying here when they say "PC is better than the console", is that the DIY Windows or possibly Linux platform offer more options. Usually citing the ability to upgrade. Rather, being able to upgrade and it go along with the software is the only difference here. "Consoles" aren't made for Windows, and you certainly can't upgrade them and get the only thing the hardware was packed for only. You can, on the other hand, put Linux on several consoles. And some version of Windows has even existed for some of them. So certainly consoles verily border on not just being computers, but being a "personal" computer. Certainly if laptops are a personal computer, so are consoles.
Also, even if you just mean Windows or possibly Linux when you say "PC gaming is superior". Most of the Windows library is pretty limited, in terms of games specifically made for it. Japanese developers have rarely even touched the platform. Leaving the PC with a pretty limited library in terms of flavor. Sure, there may be around 5,000 or more made for Windows as a software. But it's still remarkably limited in terms of how much software is specifically made for it, especially if you consider how old the Windows software platform is. If you try to use emulation as a way to expand the Windows or "PC" library and tack on all history of consoles to say that the PC truly "creams" console gaming, bumping up the number of "Windows" titles to around 30,000, including almost everything except the XBOX360 and PlayStation 3 exclusives. I isn't something the PC was "intended" for, every bit as much as consoles weren't "intended" for Linux, which can game given enough effort and expertise and hold as well the entire Windows library. Emulation of consoles is something that most console companies are still at least mildly uncomfortable with, even if done entirely legally. And have in response created their own emulation, on consoles. One of the few Japanese or console companies to put their material for "PC" download instead of console, is Sega. Which has always been a more Western aiming company than Nintendo.
Windows and Linux are personally my favourite platforms because of versatility. But that versatility means I'm not playing by the rules so to speak. And forcing it to be the awesome platform. Companies don't like smart people, companies don't like people who emulate. Or mod, or record and upload to youtube.
So while the PC may be technically superior, in terms of versatility and being a culmination of exactly what you want. You have to push moral boundaries for it to be a superior system in any way.
And saying "PC gaming is superior" either means one or several of a few things when people say it. "Copyright infringement is awesome", "Western gaming is superior", "Graphical fidelity is important", or the like. Most of which are pretty contestable statements.
Guess which crowd I'm a part of.