I simply don’t have time to also park myself in front of a PC and game that way as well, and as far as purpose built PCs that connect to a TV go

I just got a fiber optic hdmi cable hooked up to the TV and use a controller if I want to play on the couch. Don't really see a point as result for my case to get a console specifically just for console gaming.

I get it for people who aren't going to have a gaming PC to begin with or PC is too far to connect to a TV, but otherwise don't see the draw to picking up a PS5 anymore. Not offering me anything novel in terms of hardware since already got the couch experience. If it was capable of being a httpc then yeah that'd be neat, but otherwise find it a hard sell to spend money on something that is just for gaming which my PC already does.

For me I guess. PC is just a Xbox, Sony, and to some extent Nintendo all in one now. Just been nice side effect of digital purchases not being as fractured and then locked into console hardware anymore, since pc is something I'm going to keep using anyways and stuff like steam deck is more then sufficient to play them too as you mentioned. I guess just got tired of being locked proprietary hardware over the console generations and losing compatibility and also having to wait for years hoping for remasters to play games at better settings.