PC or Game Console?

[Troll2k]

I have never owned a console so I do not know the inner workings.

But it seems to me that there are a limited number of console brands and each console has fixed hardware.

This makes it easier to program and troubleshoot if the exact hardware is known.

The PC on the other hand has almost an infinite variety of hardware configurations(not to mention OSes).This makes programing more difficult.Almost "one size fits all".

Also it seems PC games(sims in particular) have a much larger functionality set than consoles.Consoles have a game pad or controller.PCs have a whole keyboard.(in the case of sims one keyboard may not be enough)