I think what I struggled with consoles at the time was that suddenly every physical game needed installing. My 256gb PS3 and later on 320gb Xbox 360 lasted the whole generation without needing to delete anything if I didn't want to and I played a lot of PS Store and XBLA games. These were small downloads though. When I saw the PS4 had 500gb, I thought great! That will last for ages! Even with downloadable games, barely a handful of games could be installed and downloads/installs were very slow as this was before SSDs became mainstream!
When the games that interested me got bigger and bigger, I slowly lost interest as I felt I couldn't go between games as I wished anymore. I like to play a variety at any one time. Suddenly a console became a storage management weight on my desk, which ruined all the fun. And I was a university student at the time, so didn't have the time for it. So as a result, hardly any games on the PS4 side got played as it felt like I was always waiting for an install or a patch! It felt like I was always waiting on the home screen for something. Ironically that meant I had a lot more fun on the 2 systems that failed, PS Vita and Wii U, they were plug in and play. How a console should be! And some really undervalued games existed on both systems. Naturally, loved the Switch when that came out.
Only in more recent years have I realised how strong the library on PS4 actually was and luckily this generation is a bit of a dud, so I can play all those games I've missed instead. All those PS4 games look like new on PS5 and load/ install much faster! To me 5th, 6th and 7th generations will always be the best era in gaming though.
Xbox Series, PS5 and Switch (+ Many Retro Consoles)
'When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called the people's stick'- Mikhail Bakunin
Prediction: Switch 2 will outsell the PS5 by 2030
