Call it nostalgia, but the moment video games on consoles couldn't launch and be played as quickly as the machine could load them, they went astray.
Consoles were pretty much always proprietary computers, but the tradeoff was that they were dedicated to playing games, removing complexities to get you to playing ASAP.
Adding in online updates and license checks, and subscriptions for online play? You're getting closer to being any other device, or worse.
Plus it does well to remember that part of how Nintendo brought back the console market from its downturn was its seal of quality across games for its system.
With online updates even on console games, any sort of quality assurance for being on a console might as well be tossed out. That undercuts what could still be a big selling point for consoles.
Classic convenience plus games Just Working™. But money and its momentum don't care about that.
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