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What should I play on? - A guide to platforms for beginning gamers

Every gamer starts small. We've all started with something, some of us years or decades ago on systems like the N64, the PS1 or the very old setups that at best were able to run Tennis For Two; and others just got started with the newest setups or consoles 2016 was able to give to us. But where do you start? I'm positive there are many people out there who'd like to get into gaming but just don't know where to start. The budget doesn't always have to be the boundary, the problem oftentimes also lies in the huge assortment of different setups you could get. Consoles or PC? Which console, or which PC setup? I've been on both sides - coming from the consoles, but staying with the PC. When I was young, we had a PC running under Windows 95. I got into the basics of programming at the age of 5, but soon lost interest in that. My best friend had various handheld consoles by Nintendo, and that was more like what I wanted to have. I was given a PlayStation 1