Consoles like the Xbox and PlayStation keep getting better, but gaming PC companies say they still have 2 big advantages

Pretty much every major game streamer, like Ninja, Shroud, Tfue, play and stream games on PC.

"You take any of the top 50 streamers and they're primarily playing on a PC," Hou said.

It's not just the keyboard, mouse, and computer monitors that make PCs ideal for gamers, though. It's also that PCs are equipped with the best tools for streamers. There's a wider variety of hardware and software for streaming a game on PC than there is on consoles. And even when streamers stream a game from a console, they're often using a PC to broadcast onto the internet.

PC is also the platform of choice for eSports where the bigger tournaments often surround PC-only games, like "DOTA 2" and "League of Legends." Even games that are available to play on console "Fortnite" are being played competitively on a massive scale on the PC. The latest "Fortnite" tournament winner received a $3 million prize. And eSports is becoming more and more mainstream.

"The phenomenon of competitive gaming is really tipping the cup over from being kind of a niche category into something that's extremely mainstream," Sutphen said.

These are the influencers of the gaming community, and while their streams and tournaments inherently promote the games they're playing, they're also subconsciously promoting the PC as a gaming platform.

"It's kind of like the aspirational thing." Hou said. Maybe a gamer started on their phone or on a console because it's cheaper. But eventually, a young gamer may, indeed, be influenced by the PC gaming ways of their favorite streamers or competitive gamers who they view as celebrities.

As long as the video games influencers are on PC, the PC will live on as the ultimate choice for playing games.