Back in 2020, PC Gamer strategic director Evan Lahti wrote that PC won the console war, and that assessment feels more true now than it did four years ago. Our platform of choice has the same advantages it's always had—customization, modding, practically infinite backwards compatibility—but in recent years we've also become a dragnet for formerly console exclusive games.
Microsoft threw in the towel before the start of our current console generation, and despite Nintendo's vociferous insistence to the contrary, you can still legally emulate your games on PC. Sony still pushes its goofy PSN requirement and a six month to one year exclusivity window on its juiciest releases, but that strategy makes sense—I don't like it, but it lines up with Sony betting its gaming future on its hardware.
