Because a PC is a multi tool. It can be upgraded to however you want. It has a larger, friendlier community; it has awesome gaming platforms like steam that easily allow community modding and way lower prices; you can easily multi-task on a pc, especially if you expand your system with multiple monitors; you can customize the look and feel of your set-up, with keyboards, mouse, and compact a plethora of monitors; games are universal, you can still play old PC games like N64 games on emulators, and will always be able to.
Of course the main problem with PC gaming is it can be an expensive hobby, personally I spent $1500 on mine including accessories and it's been going strong since 2011! I5-3570k @ 3.80GHz GeForce GTX 670 2x8GB Corsair DDR3 HDD Seagate ST2000DM01 - 1.8TB Razer BlackWidow Chroma Aivia Krypton (Best Mouse) Kraken 7.1 Chroma Blue Guardian Case.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.