I doubt this is primarily the case. Its all about what people are willing to invest and this does not always correlate or a situation where correlation does not mean causation. PC gaming is a hobby is primarily (like most things) taken part of by people who are not rich. They just make it their business to save up to the purchase price or build up to it over time.. You can build a dream PC over time and not in a day. Console gaming is played by people who just want to enjoy the sitdown experience of gaming on a console. It does not always equate to overall income. Last generation to the current of the consoles launched at $299-$599. You can build an adequate gaming PC thats upgradable at $500 last gen.

The xbox is no longer just the console but the OS. That was the plan all along. If you want to play Xbox, you can do it anywhere the Microsoft OS is applicable.

Xbox is the OS? Thats an interesting and probably acurrate proposition. But I think the appropriate term would be service.

Don't forget, once Neo/Scorpio are out, its utterly pointless t buy/own PS4/Xbone.

It's a service but yes, this has been the goal from the start and they have different platforms, PC/console/tablet/smartphone, to release it to. So the whole "doom/not doom" discussion regarding XBox is unnecessary.

People who don't see PC's superiority are just lying to themselves.

The only reason Microsoft created the scorpio is because they caught wind that Sony was creating a more powerful PS4 for 4k. Microsoft had not been happy that Sony surprised them in the past, which forced them to quickly try and up their clock speed. For Microsoft its pretty much pointless, but for Sony they've solidified that they created the Neo for two reasons:

1) Deliver a 4k experience (Since they've been working on it)

2) An attempt to keep the few who want a high end gaming experience using their platform and not upgrading to PC (Which seems to be the case because of the rise of PC gaming sales).

Microsoft is being questioned by the media as to whether they believed to be sending (and I quote) "mixed messages" about Scorpios validity and the the fact that it might have just ruined the launch of the XBox S by making people save their money until 2017 for the scorpio.

As Eurogamer put it this E3 made it seem like Microsoft was using the Xbox as a "Trojan Horse" for Windows 10.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-06-16-microsofts-mixed-messages-at-e3-arent-pretty-for-xbox-one-owners

Its being marketed as pro consumer, but its really pro Microsoft.

Forbes

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2016/06/18/microsoft-wins-even-if-xbox-scorpio-loses/#6197c6312f7e

That’s Microsoft’s not-so-secret weapon in the gaming world. The Xbox One may be struggling against the PS4, but Microsoft remains one of the biggest tech companies out there and the owner of the most popular gaming platform on the planet. So if consoles take a hit on this gamble, PC is right there to take up the slack. Any increased traffic to Windows 10 is solid for Microsoft, even if it comes out of its own ecosystem.

how much superior is Uncharted 4 on PC?

oh wait

not true, people aren't made of money, does every pc gamer have a GTX 1080? every GPU on PC is pointless now that the 1080 came out? ps4 neo IS STILL PS4, the ps4 generation has the standard ps4 and a high end ps4, the standard ps4 is going to be as useful with the new ps4 as without it, if there was no high end ps4, would you say that it's pointless to own a ps4? because the ps4 is going to be the same as if there was no high end ps4

It's always all about software, hardware doesn't matter at all. If you're into all the Xbox exclusives, for sure a PC is the better platform from here on out, as the PC gets every game Xbox gets plus a ton of other games you can't find anywhere else. But if your favourite games are Super Mario and Tomodachi Life, you won't be happy with a PC, even if you have a GTX 1080 Quad-SLI Setup or something. If you love to play Uncharted and Little Big Planet, PS4 is the way to go. If you prefer Candy Crush Saga, get yourself an iPhone.

What matters is always software. Not device is absolutely better for you just because of some silly feature or some more Gigaflops. On top of that, everyone has a different taste. So which platform is the best depends purely on your personal preference. It's useless to discuss that. Just choose by the games available. Don't let yourself get blinded by all the other noise.