The trick is a PC can ALWAYS convert more money into more power. Once you cap out one box if you really wanted to you could start using more than one simultaneously to make it better. "High End" PC can without to much stretch refer to trillion dollar super computing banks of doom.
Consoles are trying to aim to be able to be bought by anyone. They will likely stick to sub 1000$ unless they are insane.
Even beyond that though, the second a console design is finalized it is outdated by more user accessible PC systems. Technology advances to quickly and a production cycle is to long for it to happen any other way.
The real gap closer is that game developers don't spec games for use by that much money in one system. They spec them for a wide range of people to play. So in a lot of games there isn't a difference even though the PC has and always will have a higher max capability.
Consoles are trying to aim to be able to be bought by anyone. They will likely stick to sub 1000$ unless they are insane.
Even beyond that though, the second a console design is finalized it is outdated by more user accessible PC systems. Technology advances to quickly and a production cycle is to long for it to happen any other way.
The real gap closer is that game developers don't spec games for use by that much money in one system. They spec them for a wide range of people to play. So in a lot of games there isn't a difference even though the PC has and always will have a higher max capability.