• PC
  • PS4
  • XBOX 1
  • Nintendo

Pros & Cons of each:

Pros

PC;
PCs offer the best overall performance out of all the others mention above, with the ability to always take out and upgrade parts gaming pcs will always be superior over both PS4 and Xbox. There is also no subscription required to use the features of your pc, unlike things such as Xbox Live or PlayStation-Plus. Due to the nature of PC gaming new updates and content usually gets released earlier on PC or PC only test servers such as the Technical test servers, giving players the ability to try out new content before its even been launched to consoles. Another pro of PCs is that marketplaces like steam always have sales or events on, meaning that users spend a lot less for games they could be having to pay full price for on the PS store for example.

PS4;
PlayStations 4s main selling point to a lot of its audience is the fact that it has its own exclusive titles, such as, The Last of Us. Another way that Sony rewards its PS plus members is with monthly free games and priority for new maps on Call of Duty. ( one of the biggest names on console gaming for the past decade) This deal Sony has with Activision means that everyone else has to wait a few more months to play this new content.

Xbox 1;
Similarly to PlayStation, Microsoft provides its own list of exclusives games which it shares with PC owners, in fact one of the biggest names in gaming, Halo was an Xbox exclusive, which is now also releasing its titles to Windows PCs.
Nintendo;
Nintendo arguably has the best list of exclusive games out of the three mentioned prior, titles such as Mario, Animal Crossing and Pokémon are a massive selling point for its customers as its only ever going to be available on the newest platforms being released that selected year. Its important to note that unlike the prior platforms I listed before, this is the only one of the four which can be portable, such as the Nintendo Switch released in early 2017.

Cons
PC;
Although better than consoles a good gaming PC can be very expensive based on a few factors, what games you’re wanting to play, if you plan to render or edit from your PC and if you’re going to prebuild or build it yourself. Another downside to PC gaming is how different game developers use different game launchers, on my PC I have 5 in total, a downside to this is that some launchers work better than others and not everything is in one place, unlike the market places on consoles being all launched from the consoles OS.
PS4;
One of the biggest let downs to the PS4 is the requirement to pay to play online, this wasn’t required with the PS3, However on its latest generation console I found myself having to play £60 a year on top of be buying the £30-60 game in the first place. Because every 5 years consoles are having to upgrade to compete with one another and PCs you’re always required to buy the newest release in order to keep in touch with your friends or play the latest game in your favourite franchise, unlike a PC where the power of your system doesn’t dictate if you can or cant talk with your friends still.

XBOX;
The Xbox shares the same cons as the PS4s does, whilst also being to weaker of the two consoles, having some games displayed at a lower resolution compared to PS4.

Nintendo;
One of the biggest complaints Nintendo usually face is because of how it handles its older games, leaving games which should be on sale buy now, full price – years after its original release date. (this only occurs if you buy through a Nintendo retailer or marketplace.)

My preferred platform:
PC:

What I played during lock down,
Counter Strike Global Offensive – Valve
Valorant – Riot
Overwatch – Blizzard
League of Legends – Riot
The Forest – Endnight games
Grand Theft Auto V – Rockstar