Why the "hardware hate" is so big these days?

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d21lewis said:

Any home that has more than one of the same console can play competitively or co-op online using one digital copy of a game and one online subscription in the same home.

Same can be done on PC via Steam.

The days of every game having split-screen local multiplayer is over for consoles, you need multiple consoles to do it these days, so it's really the same as the PC.