How the internet ruined game consoles

The time it took for my brother to get our new Super Nintendo out of the box and connected to our television couldn't have been more than five minutes. I'm pretty sure we used the same coaxial cable connector that the NES before it used, though it's possible he was bold enough to forge a new connection dedicated to the SNES. The time between when he arrived home with the console box and a copy of Super Mario World, and when we saw Mario's astonishing level of detail, was extremely short.

via Tech News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/21/day-one-patches-game-consoles-editorial?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000589