PC

Overview

Games are easily accessible via online sales platforms such as Steam enabling you to purchase and download the game quickly from the comfort of your own home

PCs designed specifically for gaming are generally more powerful than a standard gaming console. Note the distinction between a PC designed specifically for gaming and a standard business or home use PC. Note also that the cost difference between a standard business or home PC is significant

This ability to customise and “mix and match” components allows for building a PC for within a certain budget and allows for upgrades as budget permits or in the future to accommodate games that have a higher performance requirement.

A PC can be used for more than just gaming, it can be used for work or home purposes

Not only are games on PCs usually as smaller size than on a console, but PCs generally have a lot more storage than consoles

For console gaming hardware you typically go to the store, purchase one piece of hardware, bring it home, plug it in and start gaming, knowing that your console has been purpose built to run all of the current games without any issues. Conversely gaming PCs are typically built from a dizzying array of individual components from multiple different manufacturers all with their own performance and compatibility considerations, each of these individual components will require specific software drivers to be installed.

Physically installing components, dealing with Microsoft Windows installation and maintenance issues requires a certain level of expertise, or at least willingness to invest the time to learn how to assemble, install and maintain the system.

PCs are much more viable to viruses and other security breaches that can infect your device