Back in the day, I would power off my hardware. My computer would tell me when it was safe to power off, my Genesis and PS1 you pressed the power button and that was it.
But when I got my PS2, turning it off wasn’t just turning it off. The power button didn’t turn anything off, it just reset the system. So I always hit the power switch on the back.
It wouldn’t be for a while before we learned we can turn it off and back on faster by pressing and holding the power button. Rather than killing the system. And newer systems like the PS3 didn’t like it at all when they were powered off completely.
I think I have to go the negative side, I was always really excited to see what new quirk or feature was coming to the new console. I can still remember scouring magazine racks for tidbits on the upcoming PS2 and Xbox. So, for me the biggest whiplash came with the PS4/Xbone generation when it felt like we had lost something from the previous generation rather than gained something new.
I think that about media in general. Before ubiquitous internet access there was a sense of excitement about the unknown and discovering new things.
Now it feels as if everything is revealed instantly and “spoiled” before that excitement has time to build.