> Before the 360, consoles didn’t really do anything on their own. They were passive devices that existed to play whatever cartridge or disc you put in.

How is that a bad thing? Maybe I'm showing my age here, but I believe that's what a video game console should be. Put in cartridge, turn it on, start playing. Sure, when they moved to optical discs you had to wait a little longer, but it was no big deal.

If you want to do PC-like stuff, just use a PC. Personally, I lost all interest in consoles when they all turned into weird proprietary PCs.

I guess the fact that enshittification of consoles started with XBOX 360 is purely a coincidence