I think gaming on PC got way more acessible. Consoles lost a bit of simplicity on the last gen, but this one managed to simplify things again, so I guess all platforms are at least on the correct direction now.

Moral issues on selling stuff you bought? Really? So we should make it illegal to sell your house, car or a TV you don't want anymore. Maybe you consider it a crime if I donate old clothes to the Red Cross because I'm screwing the textile industry? Please, don't go that way. It's ridiculous. Maybe in the future we will have to go hidden in an alley to sell used games? People are showing this as a pro of physical media because it really is, digital copies have pros, but reselling them isn't one of them.

90% would switch to Linux? Yeah? I'm a Linux geek and not even in this case I can believe in that. Valve tried it with Steam OS and largely failed. You really think that people will forget 95% of the games being released? MS own Windows, they can do whatever they want. Guys like EU will complain, but it takes some years of legal battle to do anything, time enough for MS to do what they want. The only reason it didn't happened until now, is that they didn't cared enough. They still don't. The day they get determined to do so, it will be like squatting a fly, completely effortlesly. That's actually why I am an enthuasiast of open source software, at least it isn't owned by anyone.

Oh, and when all the fans riot, the police normally just stops them, game is suspended and the team they support gets a hefty fine, suspension from competitions and a bunch of games with closed gates.

Pretty much what the op said, plus:
higher performance/price ratio for consoles, that is, a 300 pc can't do what a ps4 can, a 400 pc pales in comparison to a ps4 pro.

you can only buy so many used game as they are avaible, if everyone buys used games then there are no games other than new copies, So it is supporting sales in an abstract way.

When I buy an used car, the manufacturer don't get money either. If I buy a used car with just 1 year, I'm saving 10 to 15% at best. Really. It's a physical thing, it's mine. I can sell it, break it, burn it. Publishers may want to avoid this because they are greedy, but people seems to be smart enough to not fall for it. MS screwed an entire console gen trying to enforce this. That was great because it sent a message to everyone so it won't happen again, at least not soon.

The grey area about emulator is that you don't play what you just have. It's not like we all have hundreds of SNES cartridges. And the BIOS are not legal. Downloading copies on the internet also isn't. So emulators ARE somewhat legal as soon as you don't use any BIOS and just use ROMs that you dumped from original media you own and don't share this ROMs.

Don't think that I agree with the current legal status. I'm all for emulators because they allow us to keep the history of gaming, because you won't find working older consoles forever. I'm just pointing that according to law, they can't be compared with selling used games. One thing is 100% legal, the other isn't, which was your original comment and that was incorrect. Dura lex sed lex.

Pros:

PC:
Exclusives.
Versatile and upgradable hardware.
Always the most powerful hardware.
Cheaper games than consoles. (which usually add up to cheaper gaming overall than you get on the consoles including hardware costs, for even powerful gaming PCs)
Cheaper hardware than consoles if you already own a PC and play non-demanding games.
Keyboard & mouse controls as well as a large amount of third party controllers of all shapes and sizes. All in all the most control options.
Emulators.
It's easy to run skype or discord in the background when playing with friends.
LAN parties.

Consoles.
Exclusives.
Cheaper hardware in some cases.
Plug&play
Nintendo games (deserves to be mentioned separately from the other exclusives)
Gaming on the couch with friends.



Cons:


PC:
A little technical knowledge required to get the most bang for your buck hardware wise.
Sometimes getting older games to run is a pain or flat out requires you to have an old machine lying around.
Windows
When you get technical problems that you can't figure out.

Consoles:
Games are way overpriced.
Developers are omitting split screen and local multiplayer more and more.
To play most old games you need the corresponding console. I can play DOS games just fine in DOSbox but good luck playing Vectrex without paying for old and rare hardware.
Weak hardware.
Limited control options.
Region locking.

One of the best things about PC gaming.

Or he's a moderator doing his best to patiently explain to people not to take a thread off course.. but by all means, if you'd like a ban for it then keep going.

Everyone deserves a chance to kill Teletubbies in Left 4 Dead 2!

I have both a PS4 and a PC. The only advantage for console (IMO) is that I can play FPS games online with a controller and be on the same level as everyone else. On PC I'm forced to use a mouse and keyboard if I want that and I hate using mouse and keyboard.