I do agree PC gaming CAN be more expensive than consoles on the hardware perspective, obviously, because you got any target of specs to aim for. You don't need a monster PC.
When I first got curious with PC gaming, all I had was an HP tower running a single core Athlon. I went out and got the Orange Box and stuck a GT430 in it. I was able to play on high settings with nice framerates. The card cost me only $60. I cannot account for the computer since it was not intended to game with originally.
When that computer died, I decided to invest a little further. I wanted something that can handle all my school work, plus some more-than-casual-but-not-hardcore PC gaming. My current computer has an i3 @ 3.3Ghz with a GTX550Ti. The computer cost me only $240, and the card cost me $170 (built by Nvidia) and only had to replace the power supply ($70 for Corsair 600 GS). This means the "gaming" part of my computer cost me only $240. If you want to be pushy then fine the total is $480. Less than what I paid for my PS3.
If you game on Steam, then game prices are insanely cheap as long as you buy during the sales. Less than console games.
Result: PC gaming can be cheaper than console gaming.
e=mc^2
Gaming on: PS4 Pro, Switch, SNES Mini, Wii U, PC (i5-7400, GTX 1060)
