The "your PC needs to be the exact same cost of a console or comparisons don't matter" is old, and easily shot down. Is your console a full blown PC? Does it have backwards compatibility dating back to beginning of games itself? Can you emulate virtually any console and game on it? Mods for almost any game? Multiple storefronts meaning better pricing on games across the board? Access to almost any controller configuration you want to use? Free online play?

A console costs you a lot more than the initial sticker price every generation, though offers very little agency over the games you own.

Yes, the grass is green, and the earth is not flat.

Considering the price difference, and more powerful modern hardware, it's expected to.

Since the 4090 came out, pretty much. 3080 is more powerful too except for the lack of vram. PS5 is still decent but you'll notice bigger differences soon, especially with next gen GPUs just around the corner.

It's honestly not that hard to outperform a PS5, we've had hardware that matches the PS5 before it even released, what you can buy today easily blows it out of the water.

While it's nice to look at the differences, I'm more interested in how well it runs and is optimised for PC since that's the version i'll eventually buy.

its already out turbo