Phones can be used to:
-communicate
-consume media
-browse the web
-play games
Consoles can be used to:
-play games
-consume media
-browse the web
-communicate
I fail to see the difference to be honest.
I used a phone to call an ambulance, provide the police with video evidence of a crime, navigate when I am lost, file company accounts, banking, and to aid in mapping for architecture and subsequently applying for planning permission.
What do you do on a console that could cost you life and limb or render you bancrupt?
Well my cousin plays ark every single day, all day on his xbox, his health has deteriorated pretty badly because of this, it's bankrupted him as, he doesn't work and spends money on the game, all his friends exist in the game, I will backtread a bit on the lack of work, he does sell creatures or something to get a bit of money, literally his entire life revolves around this game and his console. He doesn't even own a mobile phone, he just uses Xbox live chat to talk to most people and has a landline in his house for the rare times he actually needs to make a phone call.
For all intents and purposes, that console is his general computing device for everything he does or that affects his life.