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For more than three decades, gamers and console manufacturers have entered into an honest pact: I buy your system for a few hundred bucks, and you, along with third-party developers, supply me with the best games you can make on that platform for five to seven years. This is how it’s always worked

Not even close. I don't recall a platform I used for 5-7 years that's not a contemporary PC.

As franchises such as Doom, Half-Life, and Far Cry pushed the graphical envelope on the PC, console gamers were content enjoying experiences that were less visually dazzling

You were enjoying your ignorance and third-rate graphics? Go play with your fucking Calico Vision.

but required less technical know-how (want to troubleshoot an NES game? Blow in the cartridge!).

Wow. And no. Old-skool hardware is not as solid as you might think.

Maintaining a PC that can play the latest and greatest games gets wildly expensive, and gamers that refuse to upgrade risk being shut out from new releases after only a few years.

As opposed to shelling out $500 for a retarded computer every 5 years? And no, a-fucking-gain. Steam is full of games with minimal requirements. Windows is more likely to force your upgrade.

That articles hurts my brain. Just thinking of the reasons the author is wrong is making me angry and throwing off my Friday vibe.

I'll just flick him off through the monitor and be good with it.

yay self built PC's.. and steam! and Overwatch!