I like the bigger variety of games on PC which sometimes don't make it to console, and that there is a good selection of games are "Free to Play" or free online play without the need for subscriptions like Xbox Live gold which cost 60 dollars a year, and you are tied to one account/service for online play.
Gaming video cards also drop in price pretty quickly, or there are cheaper brands of video cards which make Nvidia or ATI cards, so a $200 gaming video card for desktop can play many older PC games at high quality settings, and newer PC games at low to medium settings which is good enough for me since I care about gameplay more than graphics as long as the graphics don't slow down where it becomes unplayable.
If I only can afford either a desktop + $200 video card, or game console, and I don't own either, I pick a desktop computer with a gaming video card.
Plus, a lot of programs these days like web browsers, video convertors, and editors use a video card to make programs run faster at displaying video, converting and encoding video by using the GPU chip on the video card.
Gaming video cards also drop in price pretty quickly, or there are cheaper brands of video cards which make Nvidia or ATI cards, so a $200 gaming video card for desktop can play many older PC games at high quality settings, and newer PC games at low to medium settings which is good enough for me since I care about gameplay more than graphics as long as the graphics don't slow down where it becomes unplayable.
If I only can afford either a desktop + $200 video card, or game console, and I don't own either, I pick a desktop computer with a gaming video card.
Plus, a lot of programs these days like web browsers, video convertors, and editors use a video card to make programs run faster at displaying video, converting and encoding video by using the GPU chip on the video card.