Xbox has become a Game Pass machine and nothing more — Is it enough to justify Microsoft's console over a costly gaming PC?

Attendees walk past Microsoft Corp. Xbox Game Pass signage.

My opinion may seem irrational or even fanboyish, and I fully expect to see a barrage of comments disagreeing with me, as well as a platoon of the Internet's finest coming to agree.

Console wars are something I left behind long ago because it all comes down to what you, the consumer, want out of your device. For some, this is personal, even intimate.