I find it really strange when people want to jump into PC gaming and their immediate thing to build on is a lower spec to that of a console, this will always be my response: 
The first time I got into building my own PC afew years back I knew beforehand the extra costs that were going into building a brand new rig, I knew I;d have to buy a keyboard, knew I;d have to buy a mouse, an OS etc, i knew all that because for the longest time that's what I;ve always seen being sold in stores both online and general eletronic stores where I live, not once have I suffered an epic braindead moment where I thought I lived in a world where none of those items were sold seperately and that PC's were always 100% pre-builts, even my folks who admit they are total ludites know that building your own PC requires seperate parts, that's why they go buy their own laptops and tablets because they know building one from scratch is not for them.
PC gaming isn't the sort of shoe that fits everyone, same with console, handheld and mobile/tablet gaming, I hate tablet gaming and the prices and included specs of all tablets and phones because I have a different set of expectations and the same goes for what my wallet allows. PC gaming is essentially expensive to start with if you want a good build but it makes up for that with cheaper games, mods and all the toehr trimmings that PC gaming has going for itself, your build will be as good as your wallet allows, go for a cheaper build and don't expect to run everything on high let alone ultra, run at medium and expect to go with high and maybe 1080/60, go with high/enthusiast and expect to run most if not all settings at ultra and run at 1080/60fps and for older games DSR to 2-4k and get 30-60fps with added visual quality.
The way you make it sound originally is that PC gaming doesn't really have much going for it except those enthusiasts who just love building their own rigs, you mention that you respect a corp who does it all for you and yet life isn't really meant to be about getting everything handed to you on a silver platter, the fact you actually went out and bothered to learn about what you were getting into was a good place to start though since some people end up jumping in and then shitting on the platform base rather than their own knowledge/money.
I'll always see myself gaming mainly on my PC though seeing as how over time I've adjusted to how to build one, how much to spend on parts I want/need and looking at deals on where to buy games I want and at the end of the day I do want quality and the ability to mod my games and frankly PC gaming does offer both of those in huge quantities that isn't really on a comparable scale as a prebuilt console built at a cheaper price, those that like to think older hardware>new are simply lying to themselves.
Mankind, in its arrogance and self-delusion, must believe they are the mirrors to God in both their image and their power. If something shatters that mirror, then it must be totally destroyed.
