Best system to play ark in your opinion (modding excluded from equation)

[axodrimk]

ngl xbox has treated me way better than steam has just letting my game run at a much crisper and smoother pace so im curious, what is your favorite system to play on? 

[Dreadcthulhu]

PC is better in my opinion, even without mods, simply because it gives you more access to the file system & more options for server hosting.  I can do tweaks to the .ini file for stuff like stack sizes and pick up timers, in single player, while my understanding is that console players would need to rent a server to do the same .ini tweaks.  It is trivial to make a back up of single player saves on PC as well, I can simply copy paste the save files onto my external hard drive, while I believe things are more complicated on the console end. 

And for server hosting, there are several companies that host Ark PC servers, or you can relatively easily host your own, while correct me if I am wrong, console players have to use Nitrado for hosting