And, for example, what if your computer crashes? Maybe it's the only one you own. It would always be nice to have another machine that can access the internet and research the problem. A web browser for a game console isn't really necessary, but it can come in useful.

I used to surf the web on my Dreamcast. I had a computer to do that with, but it was still interesting to do it on a game console, and also download upcoming game videos from Sega's web site. I had an account with a free dial-up ISP for it, which wasn't fast enough for online gameplay, but fine for websurfing. You configured it properly and you didn't have to use their banner ad software, which worked pretty nice for a little under a year until they went out of business.