Well console gamers do it to themselves. They are relying on a single point of access, if it goes bad or for some reason MS or Sony feel like implementing something new then theres nothing console gamers can do but accept it. If Sony and MS intend to drop support for current gen systems online after few years, console gamers cant do anything about it.

If they dont want to provide BC on their next system console gamers wil be forced to keep multiple machines just to be able to play their old games.

The list of limitation is huge, all the while paying more on every game or even paying to go online and paying for ultra expensive accessories.

The PC isn't? >.>

Mods are awesome man, too bad the current console gold rush is causing developers to drop support for mods, just so they can charge for DLCs.

I personally played the following games with mods:

Witcher
Oblivion
Crysis
Stalker COP
dragon age
different tombraider games

Its been a great experience most of the time.

Edit: you can hook up a PC to a TV for console like experience, there are even rumors of valve making some additions to Steam, so it provides an even more console like experience when on an HDTV.