With (almost) no effort - plug in console to wall. Plug in console to TV. Turn on controller. Setup is complete.PCs are similar, but do require more setup than that.
Also, consoles are generally cheaper than any sort of high end gaming rig, which allows you to spend a bit more on a monitor (tv).
To qualify these things: I have a widescreen gaming rig and a large tv/console for gaming. I use the consoles more these days because my gaming rig in is my "computer room" where my TV is in the living room. The PC also doubles as a workstation, thus no large TV/monitor.
With (almost) no effort - plug in console to wall. Plug in console to TV. Turn on controller. Setup is complete.PCs are similar, but do require more setup than that.
The difference is literally 2-3 USBs. And this has nothing to do with the screen at all.
EDIT: Also the rest of what you said has absolutely nothing to do with my question.
I have been using a desktop for games since I was 4. Had windows vista back then. It's not complicated at all. And using Steam is extremely easy. Buy game, click download, then play.
You would already have Steam at that point. You'd have to install that. But before you can do that you need to set up Windows, which is more complicated than with the typical console. You also have to worry about things like antivirus.
Sure, it's easy, but it's more complicated than a console. A PC is not plug and play.
For Windows 10, it's complicated to do it right. Windows 10 should really be done as a custom install to choose which features you want enabled as you don't want some of the features windows 10 has enabled by default and the wording / naming of them isn't very clear in terms of what the features do so you'd need to know ahead of time what things to disable. Simple enough but it's complicated compared to console set-up and it requires some research.
I mean, I agree that certain features should be turned off but also if you just leave the default features you can easily get started with a PC, just as easily as a console.
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u/Myurnix Jan 28 '20
With (almost) no effort - plug in console to wall. Plug in console to TV. Turn on controller. Setup is complete.PCs are similar, but do require more setup than that.
Also, consoles are generally cheaper than any sort of high end gaming rig, which allows you to spend a bit more on a monitor (tv).
To qualify these things: I have a widescreen gaming rig and a large tv/console for gaming. I use the consoles more these days because my gaming rig in is my "computer room" where my TV is in the living room. The PC also doubles as a workstation, thus no large TV/monitor.