Personally as someone from the PCMR crowd, I think console is great for convenience. If you want something that works out if the box, that’s the where console shines. The problem with console is entirely due to the companies who produce the consoles, especially due to shit like planned obsolescence.
I just entered modding a year ago. Mostly screwing with stock tags and tags from Halomaps. But because I don’t have enough storage I can’t make the maps I really wanted to make.