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AlfredoTurkey said:

PS2 era was the last true console gaming era. It was the last plug and play generation and really, plug and play is what defined the experience of console gaming. Once these consoles started having the ability to force updates, change UI, DLC, have online stores etc... they became gaming PC's with a different skin.

Imo, the PS2 era will always be the peak and end of true console gaming. After that, it became something else.


Pretty much this. Sometimes I have to wait 20+ minutes just to download the newest patch for a game before I can play it in current gen. Moments like that make it feel like a PC instead of a console. That was one of the advantages a console used to have over PC, you just insert the disk/cartridge and you were good to go.