You bought the console. you bought the game, you plugged everything up. you put the game in and you started playing. the most you would have to do is by a memory card or some shyt like that.
you didn't have to worry about connecting to no type of network. If you wanted to play against someone else you would invite a friend over or go to their crib. you didn't watch movies or do other random shyt like that. More importantly.... it wasn't a major investment.
and i remember a time when you had to have a VHS player then a DVD player sitting on top or next to your PS1,ps2, xbox .
the cost of both of those things together = the cost of the consoles today. or actually today they are a tad bit less overall then the combo of a DVD player when they were some what newer + a gaming system.
I remember a time when you had to go to the video store to rent videos you wanted to see and if they were out of stock oh well. you had to wait until someone brought them back. i remember a time when if you forgot you had that video or game rental in the trunk of your car. blockbuster and the likes would hit you with all sorts of late return fees.
i remember a time when almost NO one could get a game before the release day unless they new that one korean dude in the swapmeet/flea market.
i remember a time where if you didnt have a bunch of homies/no brothers to play with you were out of luck stuck playing vs the cpu all the time(now that wasnt my issue i had brothers and a lot of homies to play with. but i'm not everyone else). so now you have access to play with millions of people all over the world(in some games).
does the online lag suck?YEP. does the fact that your entire game goes down when the servers go down? YEP.
but you get a lot of additions with that online look. and you said "other random stuff like watching movies" when did that become random? why not watch netflix on the same console as your game? if you're not using it at that moment to play a game who cares if you use it on the main tv in the living room to watch a movie? now you dont have to watch netflix on your phone or laptop. now you dont need that extra adapter to connect your cell phone or laptop to your main tv.
I'm out.
