consoles offer a low cost solution to high end gaming. it lowers the (very high) entry barrier into gaming. consoles may have old tech in them, but that tech isnt plagued by an api. computer gaming has to have an api (which makes it so you cant use the potential of your graphics card, api's are things like directx or opengl) so that its not hardware dependant. consoles can be hardware dependant so they dont need an api and can use those old graphics card much more efficiently than directx could.
there was also a mention of bad ports to computers, from my presopective computer gamers should be thanking the consoles for those ports, without the huge instal base of consoles there wouldnt be enough money to go around for the developers, meaning no game at all in many cases.
and one last point about dedicated servers, if a game doesnt get a dedicated server its not because of a console (console games can have dedicated servers too!) but rather a buisness decision, just a way to cut the cost of upkeep.
sure, in the short its may be hurting a bit with some minor problems, but in the long its allowing for a wider audience. consoles are whats pushing the industry forward, not computer gaming
now with that said, i do believe in a day when the highest costing component of your windows pc will be your os, a time when decent hardware can be priced at 300$, but that day isnt today
