Back in the day, gaming consoles had better graphics, mainly... and what with sprites and parallax scrolling backgrounds. It took a while for pc's to catch up... sound cards (Remember Adlib and Sound Blaster?) and dedicated graphics cards came later. Of course, I am not including the Commodore 64, but maybe you get my drift. I liked gaming consoles because I knew that whatever game I purchased at the brick and mortar store for that specific console, would work once I got home. For a while there, pc games wouldn't always work when you installed them at home. There were so many compatibility issues and configuring was needed to get a game up and running. Of course, I majorly dated myself 'coz today's pc games are much improved. Finally, with my pc I can upgrade to the latest graphics card and enjoy graphics that surpass a current gaming console. So, I do like both. But today, I lean towards pc gaming and console emulation.