I'm no longer shocked at how long these shifts can take TBH. When I was doing merch for Sony, they said the PS5 hardware would be baked into their TVs, but also available as consoles. That obviously didn't happen. I do think the future will be full of Google TV style dongles; I just don't know when that will be. I'm already turned off by the off the shelf components and RISC / SoC architecture, so I don't really even mind at this point. I still have my three decades' worth of a backlog to play through.
I wasn't sure how people would take the "end of consoles" post. If I cared about consoles or had bought a new one since the original Wii*, it might come off as overdramatic. Since I *haven't* cared about consoles for a long time, I might just sound like a hater.
Really, I just don't think there's a point to them anymore. As hardware the Playstation and Xbox aren't distinct enough from each other or the PC, so all they really have are exclusives that aren't necessarily even optimized for their respective platforms.
Nintendo's in a similar situation now that switch-like handhelds are coming out. Are there any more trips to the hardware gimmick well they can take at this point?
Edit: *The newest console I have hooked up in the house is a Wii U that a friend gave me when he was getting rid of his kid's old systems. Other than that, I've played a few newer console games... just not on the console. PS3 Demon's Souls and some Switch games via emulation. Bloodborne via PlayStation Now.