Carlos from Spain:

No, the point is that is not even a +1 seat, they just padded the space between the two rear seats behind the central tunnel.added a hip seatbelt and called it a +1 seat.... its more like a +0.1 seat

The center seat is seldom used for more than short trips, whether there is a center console or not. No one is regularly sticking 3 people in the back seat of a sedan for any meaningful length of time. I'd rather have the option to have an extra person sitting there for 10 minutes than just not being able to use it at all.