People calling the XBox 1 a car, not realizing that consoles are the horse and Steam/online digital gaming is the car, since you can buy a functional new gaming computer (laptop!) that can play any modern game for $400 or less, a $499 price point on the XBox makes no sense at all.
It's much easier to just buy a console that will last for 8 years rather than worry about your computer getting out of date in 3 years.
It's easier for groups of friends to play on a console because there is local multiplayer support on console games.
Many gamers want to game on their couch and use their game console for other media (video streaming and music).
People will buy what their friends have (hint: it's consoles)
My "game console" being my pc.
Is it really that hard to run an hdmi cable in 2013?