A PC is NOT a Console!!!!

EDIT: Please do not talk about sales or platforms in this thread, neither are relevant to the argument that a PC is not a console. If you wish to talk sales, there is an entire board dedicated to that. If you wish to talk about platforms, this is the thread to do it in.

Let's start by giving you the definition of the term Gaming Console

Main Entry:	game console
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	an electronic device for playing video games, usu. requiring connection to a television;

Here is the definition of a PC

–noun

1.	Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Compare analog computer, digital computer.

And lastly, here is the definition to the word "console"

–noun

1.	a television, phonograph, or radio cabinet designed to stand on the floor rather than on a table or shelf.

2.	the control or monitoring unit of a computer, containing the keyboard or keys, switches, etc.

3.	a desklike structure containing the keyboards, pedals, etc., by means of which an organ is played.

So you see, a PC is a device that does many things, A gaming console is a device that does gaming. And the definition for the term console, is basically something that is designed to do one main task.

A PC, it is not a gaming console, the reason being, they are a processing unit, they do more than just play games, they run a completely different set of parameters. Even IF you have a PC whose main purpose is to play games, do you surf the web on it? Do you photo shop on it? Do you write documents on it? Do you download things on it? Can you use if for recording studio quality music, Do you use it to edit videos, can you use it to run CAD programs like Solid Works and Catea?

A gaming console has ONE main purpose, A PC has MANY...even IF you claim yours has one main purpose, it does not, OEM computers are designed to do MANY things that involve computing, You can build your own computer with parts mainly designed for gaming, but the processor, and motherboard are not optimised for gaming alone. (The motherboard may be tuned for gaming, but it is still able, ready, and easily made to do some pretty heavy processing on other fronts.)

If I had YOUR gaming rig, chances are, I would NOT use it for gaming, in fact, I would use it for Drafting...I could then say that "my (your)" PC is now for drafting, meaning it is "an electronic system that connects to a display (as a television set) and is used primarily to play video games Draft solid 3D Models." See what I did there, I took your gaming rig, and turned it into my Drafting rig. You can't do that with a gaming console, a gaming console has ONE specific purpose for EVERYBODY, a PC has many purposes.

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People who believe a PC is not a console.