I will say that the way Sony is handling their PC ports is surprisingly better than I expected because they seem to embrace technologies on PC that for some reason, feels oddly absent on many Microsoft's first party titles. For example DLSS and Reflex. God of War and now Spiderman Remastered are coming with DLSS and GoW also has Nvidia Reflex. Both of which are really fap worthy technologies on PC. Meanwhile many MS games like Forza Horizon 5 does not have it. Luckily some MS games are starting to have DLSS like MS Flight Sim so hopefully they will implement it with more of their games going forward.

Personally as an owner of PC, PS5 and a Switch (Gave my Series X away to my nephew for his bday), I think I am at a point where I will wait the months to years for exclusives to come to PC instead of buying them on consoles. Not only do you generally get 20-30% off from websites like Green man gaming but I like the fact that I don't have to worry about the shenanigans from platform holders such as whether or not next gen will have BC or paying for online or lack of mod support and etc. Probably the only exception will be Nintendo games cause it's unlikely they will be coming anytime soon and Final Fantasy as they will be on Playstation exclusively for a year or two.

But yea, it is a fantastic time to be a PC gamer. Especially with GPU prices going back to normal and even below MSRP. And with next generation RTX 4000 series from Nvidia on the horizon, it will only get better. And with handheld form factors like the Steam Deck starting to become more and more popular, there's more ways to play games on PC than ever.

You can play Nintendo titles on PC just fine, thanks to perfectly legal emulators. Sure, it's a little bit of a hassle to set everything up, but once you've done that, it works like a charm. I even play Nintendo exclusives on my Steam Deck. :)

Pc gaming has been at the top for quite a while due to the wide range of customization. It's simply impossible for dedicated consoles to sell with the highest spec pc can offer, that's why I always said consoles need innovation to keep striving not make a small pc like what Sony and Microsoft are doing. Honestly when Nintendo comes to pc is the day pc will truly be the ultimate device for gaming. In all honesty Nintendo can profit so much by just porting to pc and making their own store like Steam and Epic but I respect the pride and hustle from them.

I mean I love my Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3

It definitely feels like PC has become "neutral ground" in the gaming industry. You're not really taking away sales or business from your console because majority of those who buy a console either 1) can't afford a gaming PC 2) don't want to deal with the hassle of troubleshooting when needed and prefer a plug-n-play option or 3) that's just where their friends are and are comfortable with that ecosystem and love the console exclusive games.

Which there's nothing wrong with any of that as we all get to play our favorite games. PC has become a universal hub for games where consoles still give you a reason to opt for them if you prefer. Idk if Nintendo will ever make the jump to PC mainly because of how dependent they are on their consoles selling without the luxury of major conglomerate behind them, but also because they want to do their own thing. Sony and Microsoft primarily love power to their consoles whereas Nintendo loves gimmicks. I hope one day Nintendo can make it work.

And with Discord voice chat coming to Xbox and one day to PlayStation, we're all being more united regardless.

If you're ever having issues with balancing settings, r/Optimised gaming is a neat place to visit. I found it a few months back, though it only has some select AAA titles on the roster, it's got a mixture of DF optimised settings and user defined:

https://www.reddit.com/r/OptimizedGaming/

Even smartphones can play most of Nintendo games. If they release their games on PC their hardware were would decline severely because even a mid level PC would run their AAA titles better than a Switch, essentially rendering the points 1) and 2) irrelevant and the point 3 will follow suit once the hardware sales decline  

Nintendo would turn into a third party studio after a few years.

Personally speaking I would love to see Nintendo bankrupting and going into a third part publisher for PCs, but it's not realistic. They are too big, have a monopoly of portable market and an even deeper monopoly of japanese market. Currently I can see them releasing a Switch 2 with no hardware upgrades and still selling 20 million+ in Japan as long they keep their first party exclusive

I personally prefer console gaming myself, especially with Nintendo. I never want to see them lose their ability to work independently without needing to deal with Microsoft, Sony, or anybody else.

 A big part of this is because when it comes to computing, I am an avowed Mac user. I will never go back to Windows. 

Same here with Nintendo. I wouldn’t want the console market to be down to just 2. It would be even harder for another competitor to enter the market.

That is something else that’s on the up. Valve are avid fans of Linux and with the success of the Steam Deck, there’s been a lot of interest in gaming on Linux that will only grow. And with Mac, you can already argue some of the biggest games are already natively available on Mac such as League of Legends, Dota 2, and CS:GO, and with Capcom recently announcing Resident Evil Village is coming to Mac, and with the promises of the M2, gaming on Mac is also on the up! Plus, there’s also Xbox Cloud Gaming already available for you to stream tons of games on Safari. 

Same here with Nintendo. I wouldn’t want the console market to be down to just 2. It would be even harder for another competitor to enter the market.

That is something else that’s on the up. Valve are avid fans of Linux and with the success of the Steam Deck, there’s been a lot of interest in gaming on Linux that will only grow. And with Mac, you can already argue some of the biggest games are already natively available on Mac such as League of Legends, Dota 2, and CS:GO, and with Capcom recently announcing Resident Evil Village is coming to Mac, and with the promises of the M2, gaming on Mac is also on the up! Plus, there’s also Xbox Cloud Gaming already available for you to stream tons of games on Safari.