I think the issues with console gamers who thinks building a PC is hard may have never really played a PC game or just stuck in the 90's to 00's may think it's still hard today but it's NOT!
I think there are two elements to this question, with two different answers:
On the build side of things, I don't think there's much that can be done. If you can put Lagos together and follow simple instructions, you can build a PC. I built my first PC back in 2007 just to play Crysis, without consulting a guide, it took me about 1 hour, and a lot of consulting the case and motherboard manuals, and the wiring was a rat's nest, but it worked and I was proud of my build.
On the hardware side of things, it is definitely too difficult for someone not immersed in the tech world we live in now.
How big of a power supply should I get? What are the reputable brands? What the heck does SFX and Modular mean? How much RAM do I need? Does the speed matter? AMD vs Intel? Do I need to overclock? What mobo features do I need? Where can I cut costs/corners and where can't I?
All of these are very important questions for a first time builder. Some can be easily answered by a Google search but the best way to do it now is through YouTube, but many of them can only be answered by "it depends", which depends on questions that are then answered by "it depends". And that's not even getting into some of the asinine naming schemes out there; I never did figure out AMD's old GPU naming scheme.
Unfortunately, I don't know a whole lot that can be done to solve this problem. Computers are complicated, and the components reflects that. Sure, we could agree to only have five options total for each component, but that would require ignoring an insane number of use cases. Good naming schemes.
Perhaps the real question is not if it's difficult but do most people feel like building one? If the answer is no, that's fine, but if you say it's too hard to build, then your just being a lazy fool who didn't even bother to try at all and when I say this, you know who you are! So don't bother quoting me because I say your a lazy fool!
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