Lack of Region lock, the fact PC can play most of the games consoles can too, etc. The way I see it, consoles are only justified if either you don't have access to credit cards (which means you can only buy them in shops, console games tend to be better stocked than PC's, and often more up to date too), or if you don't have a PC to begin with and don't like/want to learn how to run/buy one properly. Granted, I am biased. I have no interest in either Racing, sports or Beat'em ups, which knocks majority of the justification for a console for me, the rest either don't exist anymore (shoot'em ups, side scrollers) or they exist on both (FPS, RTS). Which is an easy choice for me, PC all the way. Our society is also very different, most of our social interaction happen on line (if you seen us, we are very crowded to do anything social together, so we just do it at home online), so PC's are a big thing here while Consoles are not nearly as popular. Last, Consoles can't do mods (at very least, not as easily), and they can't do much besides gaming. You cannot build your own console either.