The entire era between SNES and PS1 inclusive when JRPGs ruled and sweaty Madden/CoD/Halo/GoW bro gamers didn't exist, and when games had 2+ year development cycles run by games and not "investors" copy pasting crap on 3-6 month cycles.
The internet and trying to make consoles more like PCs starting with the XBox ruined it. DLC, DRM, FPS, vs only online games, incomplete releases intentionally because you could patch it and paid DLC nickel and diming, single player masterpieces with half ass online modes forced upon them, and "multiplayer" support coming to mean ONLY online death match and no coop in story mode, that's what the internet brought to console gaming and it's disgusting.







