Wow some epic fails here.
Get the facts straight mate. Metaphorically, by your definition, a Taxi is not a car.
To keep it concise, each block is numbered...
1. FOREVER the console has been a gaming pc alternative. Now that it is a X86 COMPUTER (FOR THE FIRST TIME) it is essentially, no, actually exactly the same as a PC. The thread may be called PS4 vs Xbox1, however it is not myself that brought the PC elite comment into this. Nor did I smash another member for it. Just because it isn't in the poll, doesn't make it off limits (justification below), there are no rules to that. Several members have spoken about pcs here, the majority of threads here are about pcs, and the basic and irrefutable fact is that consoles, now, are actually PCs.
2. Secondly I answered the OP question also, saying that an Xbox will be the best choice given DirectX support.
So im completely on topic.
HARDWARE IS EVERYTHING unless you want to talk about marketing. OMG. really.
3. Talking about PCs is not considered off topic, as a Mac, is a different OS than a Windows machine, however it is STILL X86!!! FFS! Beyond marketing, is a mac not a PC? If a PC is not defined by x86 then is it defined by its OS??? If that's the case then the Xbox1 uses a version of Windows... so what is your definition?
Wow. "They're x86, they're PCs". Do you know what a PC is? It's a Personal Computer. Do you know what a Personal Computer is? It's a general-purpose computer. Do you know what a game console is not? A general purpose computer. A smart phone is closer to a PC than a game console.
4. and this ^ has to be one of the worst, least thought out comments in CF history.
5. Its only YOUR definition that a PC is a 'general purpose' computer. LOL WOW
FYI
6. PC = personal computer, originally, a computer that runs on intel based architecture (IBM) - what is that ??? X86. Same now as AMD.
7. Smart phones ARE NOT X86! And neither were consoles UNTIL NOW!
8. Yes, the choice is between ps4 and xbox, however if you are going to talk down to someone based on their view that a PC is better, and then say that is not part of the equation , you are wrong, because by buying a PS4, or and Xbox1, you are buying a PC. Fact.
9. Xbox and PS4 are a gaming hardware platform. If they're all x86, and a PC is by its most purest definition x86, then a xbox, or a ps4 is a PC. Why, because if you understand this, x86 is very very specific to pc. The xbox and the ps4 are essentially pc hardware, in a box, with a sticker on it saying either xbox or ps4.
My point is, yelling down at Unicorn because he says something is good on a pc, is virtually dumb, as they're ALL PCs! Christ, the Xbox1 runs ~Windows and DirectX.
The childish definition of 'console' can thankfully stop as they're all x86 computers, running games. Period.