I'd prefer to take the term back than to give it up, personally. Gaming culture used to be better than this, and if we can kick the fratcore back to the fringes whence they came, it can be better again.
- I don't need to care much about updates, not at all about driver issues. There are only two DRM mechanism in use (disc and digital) and their behaviour is well defined. (I'd rather have none, but that is only an option for very few games sadly).
- I can pick up my controller, sit on the couch, press a button and the console turns itself on in a few seconds. Then, using just the controller, I can use all of its functions.
- I quite like split-screen multiplayer and PC games almost never provide it. It would require 2 PCs for most games and would be impractical on a couch.
- The console was also much cheaper than a gaming PC and used games + PSN sales end up at similar cost to Steam games + Steam sales.
I've played with a Steambox and it comes close, but without being able to play all PC games in history, much of its appeal is gone.
That's why I'm reluctant to point the finger at consoles. The problematic franchises and strongholds have their roots elsewhere, and continue to start in these places, only coming to consoles later. If anything, consoles' low barrier to entry makes them more a part of the solution, not the problem: simply put, we need new blood, and lots of it.