I have a similar history to the OP, except that I got a job working in an arcade which led to a job doing minor repairs on coin mech's and board changes on tabletop and cabinet games and pinball machines. Electronic gaming has really been in my blood since pre-Space Invader times. I've been using PC's since about early '94. I abandoned consoles about 7 years ago, but I have played from time to time on friend's consoles.
I still prefer the PC for various reasons.
Although it isn't so much of an issue now, console games in the past have been geared mainly towards kids and early teens. That has often meant that the games held little or no appeal to me. I've also never liked many Nintendo games, and that goes back way before Nintendo ever made a console. I still have trouble liking games created by Nintendo.
I despise menus in console games. I think console games don't have enough buttons. I prefer a PC keyboard to a game pad. Apart from these gripes I think consoles have their advantages in some ways, but not many. Perhaps the best thing about consoles is that you plonk yourself down on the couch next to a mate, pick up the controller and hop into some multiplay action within seconds. These days the console games are reasonably portable too.
Boys like gadgets and hardware, and I like to build, upgrade and tweak PCs. Tweaking consoles is fun too, but the limitations are greater.
I do believe that consoles are evolving nicely, but they haven't quite made the grade for this consumer. Lastly, consoles are over-priced, as are console and PC games. Way too expensive for what you get.