Only if you make bad choices buying hardware, like the obsolete stuff that comes with consoles (even on release)
> console plays better most of the time
PCMasterRace plays real 1080@60 for over a decade
Enjoy your PS4K/Neo/neXt
It provides an unified device, which lasts around 8 years, which permits to play recent titles, which is simple to setup up and which is comparatively cheap.
The PC I'm typing this message is a 9 years old thinkpad, and I would not attempt to play any "less than 5 years old games" on it.
Some people don't give to much of a shit about highly impressive graphics and just want to play the fucking game without checking the "minimal configuration required".
However if consoles tend to be like PCs (same or worst hardware, same or worst upgrade process, etc), they will just become meaningless.