I was specifying newer games like Cod:AW and Shadow of Morder which right now can be bought second hand for around $40 even sometimes $30. Your statement is spot on though and helps to show just how much console games decrease in price after a while .

I've never understood this line of reasoning.

This, I have a gaming pc more powerful than the next-gen consoles but I just don't enjoy playing games on it as much as consoles and I think it's likely because of the above reason. Only games I play on pc are exclusives (civilization, mmorpg's, moba's and rts games)

As others have said pc games are generally much cheaper, If you have the money for the inital investment and aren't affected by the above reason and all your friends aren't console gamers and you're not overly attatched to a console exclusive franchise then PC gaming is better. That's a lot of If's though

Well, the manufacturers of PC components have to make their money with the components themselves.
Console manufacturers make their money mostly with games and subscription fees.

And you can do a lot more with PCs.

Implying every console digital store has eshop pricing in 2014

Why do I even try -__-

Digital console games in the UK seem to be between £50 and £65, whilst on Steam the same games are generally £30-40. I don't think there's really any denying that on the whole, PC games are much cheaper than console games. However consoles do for the most part offer the simplicity of not having to fiddle around with settings to get the best performance you can as they're pre optimised to your hardware.

What?  XD  None of that is true.

If this is a joke post, then good job.

Ironically GameSpot came to a contrary conclusion:

"As it turns out, you can build a gaming PC for around the cost of an Xbox One that will outperform both next-gen consoles given the current stock of cross-platform games. You'll also enjoy a massive library that neither the PlayStation 4 nor the Xbox One will ever be able to match from a pure numbers standpoint. Plus, your PC is upgradable, and its functionality in non-gaming areas only adds to its value."

Well, since April some demanding games were released that run better on consoles than on these PC builds and the console prices have dropped (the prices of some PC components also, especially graphic cards & HDDs)... so why are you starting a thread with such an outdated article?

My opinion: if you don't take the cheaper PC game prices into account, console hardware will always have a better price-to-power ratio. BUT the difference is shrinking generation for generation! In the past a PC that was more powerful than a console in every scenario was 200% - 600% more expensive than the console, nowadays its only 50% - 100% more expensive

Not sure about UK but here i see steam games at 60 euros, and psn at the same prices. I got TLOU:R and Infamous SS for 20 euros each 2 weeks ago, so less than one year old games at 33% price.

There are "less" sales, but there are also less games (mostly bc indies and older games), so it's pretty much the same IMO