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RJ_Sizzle on 28 March 2017
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mutantsushi said:

@Sticky: Right... "Don't buy console on day 1" is different thing than "Don't buy console period".

And the OP's claims of volatility seem... weak. Sony's "disaster" PS3 gen still won the gen over-all.
Likewise Sony winning again with PS4 (bigger, from start this time) was not any surprise at all.
You have to consider that evidence of overall structural brand strength when considering possibility
that MS Scorpion could just suddenly overturn Sony's sales ratios "true" 4K higher price platform.
As if game devs would immediately jump ship from Sony's 2:1 install base to dev for new platform.
And get real, whatever success Nintendo has with Switch is irrelevant to competition with Big 2.
So if the OP has other reasons they want to focus on PC, great. Otherwise, Sony remains solid bet.
They seem to be putting out great games on PS4/Pro for now, and their next PS5 coming out ~2019.

And regardless your choice, enjoy playing what you want, don't get caught up in platform war hype.
Because even if you "win" in that area, you are wasting your time with internet bickerspam and not gaming.

The point of this isn't "don't buy consoles", since I'm a happy PS4 and PC owner, it's just about how PC doesn't see that same uncertainty as consoles, so it tends to be in a better position. About your AMD/Nvidia statement, that really comes down to what you choose to go with, but in the end, they're two methods to using the same platform, so that's not really in the same ballpark. 

And nothing is a sure thing with consoles. Companies that take this attitude tend to eat it hard. Like MS when they assumed they had enough control over the market with 360 to where they could make a follow up with DRM and forced Kinect. That made Sony think they could be okay debuting a $600 console. Or made Nintendo... well, I don't even know about Nintendo, since the market grows randomly hot and cold on them... it's become an anomaly in of itself. Honestly, kind of the reason I even made this thread. Everyone predicted a Wii U repeat with Switch but it's looking to shatter that. There's a bit of chaos here.

Sure, everyone can buy what they enjoy, but there is a clear result of falling in the rear. If you were a Wii U owner, you saw that for sure. Even the Xbox slate got slimmer. There is a cause and effect.