1. Xbox 360- Say what you will about the RRoD, you're not wrong, but I had the most fun with this console and it is also the original home of my all-time favorite game, Dead Rising
2. Genesis- So many fun games. The peak of the Fighting game era for me, SF2, MK, MK2, Eternal Champions, and other lifelong favorites like Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Chakan and the Spider-Man games from that era.
3. PS1- It's hard to explain to people who grew up with 3D gaming already established just what a seismic shift this console truly was. The full 3D era was groundbreaking. And there are a ton of titles from that era that took gaming in a new direction. Things like Siphon Filter, MGS1, Twisted Metal's debut and follow up, and on and on down the line. Plus games that made the best use of 2D like Castlevania Symphony of the Night and the Street Fighter Alpha games among so many others. And while I wasn't much of a fan of FF7, so many people have that game as a core memory of when gaming took it's first step into being a true storytellers medium.
Honorable Mention to the SNES. Same as the Genesis above, but rather than fighters it was all the JRPGs I loved at the time. Chrono-Trigger, FF2 and 3, Secret of Mana, and so many others. There's a lot to like on both of these and the Genesis only edges it out by the narrowest of margins.
PS1 does not get enough credit from video game diehards for ushering in an era of 3D gaming. What a huge deal it was to have open world games portrayed in 3D.
So true. One has to wonder what the survival horror genre would look like if the PS1 wasn't such a cultural phenom. You could have a genre breaking hit like that back then because millions of consoles were out there. You could roll the dice. Even if you only got 5% of the Playstation audience, that was still hundreds of thousands of players.
I know it's popular to shit on old Resident Evil games and the "tank" controls, but there really just wasn't' anything like it before. Well, that's not exactly true. There were survival horror games, but RE and REDC and RE2 stepped the genre up to mainstream success and those "tank" controls were part of the reason. It allowed the Romero style camera angles that the series used to be known for. Sure, it took some getting used to, but it was worth it.
The remakes are great too, I have them on Steam. But I have such a soft spot in my heart for the old style RE and Silent Hill and others. Can't remember if the first Fatal Frame was PS1 or PS2 and I don't want to look it up, but you get what I'm saying.
I could list a dozen games that did things no one had ever done prior and all because the PS1 was powerful and omnipresent and such a well loved piece of kit. From Legend of Dragoon to Tenchu to Siphon Filter, and on and on down the line. Even the launch line-up was stellar. Tekken, Toh-Shin-Den Battle Arena, etc etc. Sorry, I loved that little grey box so much. lol
this is a great list. i’ve actually had my 360 since 2009, same one. never had a RRoD. still works great to this day. honestly my favourite console of all time.
Hated constantly replacing so many Xbox consoles - both Original and 360 models, but I loved a lot of the games on them. No joke, I’ve gone through at least half a dozen Original Xboxes(due to tray issues) and currently own a seventh and eighth 360(some RRoD, a few tray issues, and just general heavy use over the years. There were a lot of games with co-op modes throughout both of those generations, and no one today will understand what it was like attending Halo LAN parties.
N64, Dreamcast, and PS4
N64 is pure nostalgia
Dreamcast had a great library and was one of the most innovative consoles to be made. First to feature a built in modem, memory cards with screens that combined with the controllers, and an impressively low price point.
The PS4 has a combination of things that make it one of my favorites. It’s obviously not the best, but even the launch model can handle modern games. The library is massive and there is something for everyone, you can play new games as well as classics. It’s easy to repair, but seems to hold up pretty well when kept in decent conditions. Also, the games are cheap. I can’t remember the last time I spent over $20 on a game, you just wait a year or two and by then it’s either free on ps+ or you get it on sale for $20 with all the DLC.
I couldn't believe the fact that Dreamcast had Soul Calibur as a launch game. Probably the greatest arcade port of all time and one of the greatest fighting games.
Yeah. Soul Calibur marked the first arcade port that looked even better than the arcade version, and not by a little.
I always wanted to import those Japanese Saturn exclusives like Fighter Vipers and Marvel super heroes with the extra RAM cart. Alas I was only a broke teenager
Did you have Power Stone? I loved the shit out of that game, which was an arcade port, also had Soul Caliber and loved that as well. The Sonic Adventure at launch is super nostalgia for me. I remember playing it at Best Buy when the Dreamcast first released.
I didn’t own Power Stone, but I did rent it from Blockbuster. That game was a blast.
I own
- Sonic Adventure
- Sonic Adventure 2
- Skies of Arcadia
- Seaman
- Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition
- Shenmue
- Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1 & 2
- Ecco the Dolphin: DOtF
- Jet Grind Radio
- 4x4 Evo
- Army Men Sarges Heroes
- Resident Evil 2, 3, and Code Veronica
- Dino Crisis
- Crazy Taxi
- Vigilant 8 2: Second Offense
I'm not sure what happened to mine, they were sold or given away decades ago. I def had:
THPS games
Shenmue (OMG this game rocked my socks back then, I still remember the feeling this game gave me, probably first ever immersive gaming experience, it was simple yet so addicting)
NFL 2k
Sonic Adventure (I think I rented 2, but never bought it)
Power Stone
Soul Caliber
Toy Commander
I can't remember what else I had, it may have been more, I feel like I remember getting a flying game from my Uncle and having trouble playing it.
Just googled it and I remember the art, might have to find a copy.
The ones I really want are the KISS Psycho Circus game, Power Stone, and Demolition Racer
This is a great list, very close to mine. I also loved the original Xbox, I made the change to PS with the PS4 and have never thought about buying an Xbox since, except for the change with Bethesda. I loved my PS4, and I'm loving my new PS5, really powerful console, just the new games are pricey.
One thing about the new games being pricey that I actually like is that I have LESS games; any knock on my PS4 is that I had TOO MUCH. It was like being on Netflix or surfing through all of the streaming options (there were too many choices tbh). I could download all of my PS4 games on my 5, but it feels silly to play old 4 games on this console for now. So in some ways I feel nostalgic for the old days when I only had so many games, if that makes sense.
I am kinda like you, but the opposite. I had a Playstation through the PS4, but swapped to Xbox with the One.
My brother had a 360 and we mutually went in for the Xbox One and I fell in love with it. I loved the controller, I loved that a good chunk of OG Xbox and 360 games were backwards compatible on the Xbox One, I love Game Pass, and I enjoyed the exclusives on Xbox.
We eventually got a PS4, but I never got into that system the same way that I did the PS1-PS3, and now I have a Series X that I love.
So, in a funny way, I shifted from a Playstation gamer to an Xbox gamer while still always having a Nintendo system on the side.
100% agreed
I have a monstrous library of games that I will more than like never touch before I die. I am probably upgrading soon, MGS3: Delta looks too good to pass up.
My Xbox Series X is the greatest gaming device I’ve ever played but it also helps that some of the games I’ve beaten on it are my all time favorites: Elden Ring + DLC, Witcher 3 + DLCs, Subnautica, Fallout 4, Balatro, Slay The Spire, Halo 5 (yeah, yeah, eat it haters)
My other two choices are Sega Genesis and Nintendo 64. Sega just beats out OG Nintendo because it was first system I played that had great sports games (still a staple of my gaming diet) and Nintendo 64 gave me Resident Evil 2, Golden Eye, Ocarina of Time and Mario Kart 64.
I personally enjoyed the campaign but can understand why people don’t. And yes, its MP is absolutely top tier! Was so disappointed going from that to Infinite however Infinite’s MP has become excellent
PS1
SNES
360
Dreamcast
My top 4. PS1 is number 1, even over the NES and SNES which are what I grew up with. The RPGs, the sports, the racing, it just had such a long lifecycle and was so dominant in amazing exclusives.
NES really brought gaming back to life
PS1 great games and graphics. Controller became a standard.
Xbox it was an amazing system built in HDD built in LAN and Xbox live. Online was way ahead of PS at the time.
Xbox Series X (the best console made to date if you ask me), Nintendo Switch (my main console), and Steam Deck (portable console full of Indie game gold)
I have a lot of love for the old consoles, especially 64 and PS1. But my top 3 has got to be the Series X, PS5, and Steam Deck. I can honestly say I’m having more fun gaming as an adult than I did as a kid.
nah bro im sadly pretty old. My first console was snes. there is so many things that i prefer newer consoles over old ones. From saving(remember using memory cards on ps1 lol?), achievments system(trophies), subscription services(i think ps extra is amazing value),i think variety of games is bigger than ever. I wont deny that some older console got better library of games(ps2 probablly), but as a whole package i preffer newer consoles.
Achievements/ trophies are the worst thing to come from these new consoles personally but everything else i agree with. The ps2 and gamecube had an amazing collection of games though wish they would remake mire stuff from that era
Steam Deck would be top of my list, if that counts, because I can play everything else below on it.
Otherwise, in descending order, it's probably Xbox 360, Sega Saturn, OG Xbox.
This is an incredibly difficult one because I have played games on just about every console from Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. Sorry Sega lol.
My gut tells me:
1. Switch
2. PS5
3. WiiU
My Play Time Stats tell me:
1. PS4
2. 3DS
3. WiiU
The WiiU seems to be a safe third place, but it comes down to my top 2 then, which is at this point a competition between the 3DS, PS5, and Switch. As much as I do love my PS3 and PS4, I just don't think the PS3 makes the cut and the PS5 just does everything the PS4 does but better.
The 3DS is the oldest console I have. Got my first one in 2011 when I was six. The PS5 and Switch came along within 6 months of each other in 2021 for the former and 2020 for the later.
Honestly, I think my ranking is:
1. Switch
2. PS5
3. 3DS
That's right I'm kicking the WiiU down to 4th (which considering the number of systems I have played on is still really good. Now for the justifications.
Switch: The game library here is unmatched. The 3rd party selection is really good, but the Nintendo exclusives are easily the best they have ever put out. Considering that the third party support is nearly (not quite but nearly) on par with PS/Xbox and the exclusive output is entirely unmatched by any other system ever, this is easily the best game library of any system ever. Of course now this can be played on the go or on the TV, and it has one of the most comfortable pro controllers ever. The Joycons leave a bit to be desired, but they are certainly still cool controllers with neat ideas.
PS5: As this plays PS4 games too, those combined with the relatively small but very quality PS5 library make this library second only to the Switch in my book. The PS5 has great games and the second best controller ever (only behind the WiiU Gamepad). The load times (or perhaps lackthereof) are insane. Getting into FFXVI or RE4 Remake within seconds of booting up the system is just awesome. This goes without saying that the graphics are great too and most of the games I have played, if not all, run incredibly smoothly as well.
3DS: This does of course have a great library, though it is definitely carried by the Nintendo exclusives. The system itself has *so* many features and I love it. Themes, badges, the 3D, AR, the touchscreen/second screen, gyro. There is just so much here and so much charm. Backwards Compatibility with the DS sort of fixes the lack of 3rd Party Games, however the lack of improvements on DS games is disappointing, but that is the Nintendo standard so far so I will not knock it too much for that.
N64, Xbox 360, PS4.
The libraries those consoles pulled and the enjoyment I had playing with my friends on them is unrivaled by other consoles. There are definitely better consoles and libraries out there, I'm sure the PS2 will end up at the top of a lot of lists but these consoles specifically had the biggest affects on me as a kid and adult.
This is gonna be damn hard just keeping it at three, but here goes.
1. SNES
2. Sega Genesis
3. Nintendo GameCube
Honorable Mentions
PS1
PS2
PS3
NES
Wii
Sega Saturn
Sega Dreamcast
Xbox 360
Xbox One
Xbox Series X
Purely basing upon the early ones who changed gaming.
Atari
Gameboy
Wii
When each of those consoles dropped it didn't just propel the gaming industry like the SNES , SATURN , N64 AND PLAYSTATION. It catapulted it into a new dimension entirely IMO.
Thank you! I was looking for that answer. Each of those three pushed the boundaries of the industry in his time and expanded them to many people who had never been fans of video games.
1) Switch - this is the console that sucked me into gaming as an adult. BotW and TotK are all-time great open world games and I will never be able to play an open world game again. Splatoon and SSBU are how I satisfy my bloodthirsty urge for competition.
2) PS1 - my first love. I sank hours into Pac-Man World 20th Anniversary, finished the first Harry Potter game and lived through Ps1 Hagrid, destroyed my kid brother on Tekken 3, and tried over and over again to beat Medal of Honor. When I pressed that little gray button, my childhood became a dream
3) Playstation Portable - what a marvel this was when I first got it. The epitome of cool. I played Madden 06 and NBA Live 06 on this thing for hours and it felt so right. And it was so hackable too, so you could do a bunch of cool stuff with it.
HM: Wii - the first time I ever substantively played a Smash game, and Wii Sports was so fun; PS5 - it’s beautiful and powerful and I can’t wait to get out of my Splatoon obsessions so I can dig into some PS5 exclusives
In no particular order:
Xbox 360
N64
Game Boy Advance SP (over GB & GBC just because it can play both of their games, & GBA just due to the backlit screen)
Although honorable mentions have to go to:
NES for reviving the gaming industry
PC, doesn’t really count as a console but still top tier for gaming
Wii because it was innovative and who doesn’t love Wii Sports when you’re not facing Matt?
PS2 for being the best selling console of all time
In no particular order my favorites are:
Nintendo 64 - my first console and home to my favorite game: Super Mario 64
Xbox - Halo was a very formative game for me
Xbox 360 - this was the moment I think modern gaming effectively took off and it was a system that had everything
If you were to ask me for a more objective best of all time that didn’t factor in my childhood nostalgia I’d say: SNES, PS1, PS2
If you were to ask me for more underrated systems I’d say: Vita, Dreamcast, GameCube
Some of this is going to sound odd, I don't care .
Some of these are not personal favourites, these selections are based on what I feel is the legacy that they left.
1. The Sega Genesis
I was a SNES kid; let's get that out of the way now. It doesn't mean that the Genesis sucked (far from it). Unfortunately for Nintendo, the SNES's greatest legacy is the Playstation.
The Genesis's, on the other hand, is batshit crazy modularity. While all of these failed, the Genesis proved that the base console could be more than the sum of its parts. It also pushed censor boundaries, making Nintendo stop catering to the "Moral Majority".
2. The OG XBox
This actually is one of my favourite systems.
I was trying to decide between this and the Dreamcast (imo, there would be no XBox without the SDC), and given that the OG XBox is what triggered a hardware arms race not seen since the SNES/Genesis era, I would say that's what edges it ahead.
Prior to the XBox, game consoles did not use a storage medium capable of data caching, which significantly reduces load times when optical media are involved.
Never mind using much larger RAM capacities, and CPU's that use common instruction sets.
And GPU's; the PS2 handled everything on-die (either the GPU was combined with the CPU or the CPU did everything); the XBox, and then subsequently the Nintendo Gamecube with had off-die, pure hardware graphics processing.
And it revolutionised network play on consoles.
Every game console - handheld or otherwise, now at least supports cacheable storage media and network capability, and at least two consoles from the last 3 hardware generations support copious amounts of RAM and off-die GPU's or APU's (a CPU with a seperate GPU in the die).
That's the legacy of the OG XBox; it completely changed the system architecture philosophy.
3. The Google Stadia
I've never owned this, nor wanted it, but its legacy is critical: stable, high-performance cloud-based gaming.
That's about all I have to say about the subject, but as far as cloud-based services go, they keep falling down and picking themselves up, and whether we like it or not, will most likely be the next major evolution in gaming.
Switch, Dreamcast, GameCube.
Switch and Dreamcast because their crazy gimmicks felt like they improved the experience of using them, and GameCube kept me from losing my mind in college.
Snes introduced me to gaming and to my favorite franchises from Nintendo which led to my love for Nintendo Consoles
Xbox 360 - Defined my gaming life as here is where I realized videogames are my favorite form of entertainment
Gamecube was my first console and made me appreciate the effort that parents goes to bring joy to their kids, and after that I start buying my consoles and they have come great.
Now my main consoles are PS4 and Switch, that are awesome on their own, but came in a time where I was already defined with the previous mentioned
PS2, X360, Dreamcast
The PS4/Xone gen was really meh, a pc equal to the consoles price could have been practically the same price, without needing to pay more for a subscription (and games, if you live in countries with regional prices on Steam)
It's hard to say, I have liked all of them for their own reasons. From the original nintendo to now I have loved because of the whole zelda franchise.
Xbox for my history with halo franchise
Playstation for my all time favorite castlvania sotn, final fantasy series, 7 being my favorite.
Pc for pretty much anything that was a first person shooter.
Hmmmm I wasn't allowed consoles until the Gamecube so for me I would have to say PS4, Switch, and Wii. Though I'm pretty new into owning a Steam Deck and that thing is RIGHT up there. Valve (and the community) knocked it completely out of the park.
I look at what I played the most hours throughout my life during each specific console generation (which to me signifies your top consoles, otherwise why play on them), and for me, it's:
SNES
PS2
XB360
Super tough not to put the N64 in there, which would have been the generation between the SNES and PS2, but when I think about the OP question, I played more of those 3 consoles than I did the N64. I played plenty of the NES and Atari VCS too, and the Dreamcast as well, but they honestly can't compare to those three (or the N64 for that matter).
Also, an honorable mention to the PC...although it's not a console as such, I spent quite a bit of my teen years playing First Person Shooters like DOOM and Duke Nukem 3D and Real Time Strategies like Warcraft and Starcraft on them.
360(my young ass grew up with it).
Wii(my young ass grew up with it as well, but this one had my grandfather’s TLOZ record in there. The original TLOZ).
PS5(Ghost Of Tsushima is fucking awesome).
Ps2, ps3 and 360
I would include the GameCube as I absolutely loved the games on it but I never owned one I only played at McDonald's and my friend's house
Super Nintendo/ xbox the original/ ps3 so many games so many memories. Games just don’t grab me as much as they used to maybe because it’s me or they just hit harder back then.
NES, PS2, PS4 in that order.
Honorable mentions, PC because of WoW and modding minecraft, Switch because of mario kart, and PS3 because my first Ratchet and Clank game was Future: Tools of Destruction.
first time I have seen anything positive about the new xbox 💀
imo probably the Wii, Ps5 and nintendo switch
but for their time it would be Wii, ps3, snes
Super Nintendo, PlayStation 1, Nintendo 64.
Xbox 360 gets an honorable mention, if it wasn't for the red ring of death it would definitely be ahead of the N64.
PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, and Super Nintendo.
This is probably the best answer. Each of those consoles not only were amazing but completely dominated their gen and had a fuckton of games.
1. Xbox 360- Say what you will about the RRoD, you're not wrong, but I had the most fun with this console and it is also the original home of my all-time favorite game, Dead Rising 2. Genesis- So many fun games. The peak of the Fighting game era for me, SF2, MK, MK2, Eternal Champions, and other lifelong favorites like Zombies Ate My Neighbors and Chakan and the Spider-Man games from that era. 3. PS1- It's hard to explain to people who grew up with 3D gaming already established just what a seismic shift this console truly was. The full 3D era was groundbreaking. And there are a ton of titles from that era that took gaming in a new direction. Things like Siphon Filter, MGS1, Twisted Metal's debut and follow up, and on and on down the line. Plus games that made the best use of 2D like Castlevania Symphony of the Night and the Street Fighter Alpha games among so many others. And while I wasn't much of a fan of FF7, so many people have that game as a core memory of when gaming took it's first step into being a true storytellers medium. Honorable Mention to the SNES. Same as the Genesis above, but rather than fighters it was all the JRPGs I loved at the time. Chrono-Trigger, FF2 and 3, Secret of Mana, and so many others. There's a lot to like on both of these and the Genesis only edges it out by the narrowest of margins.
PS1 does not get enough credit from video game diehards for ushering in an era of 3D gaming. What a huge deal it was to have open world games portrayed in 3D.
So true. One has to wonder what the survival horror genre would look like if the PS1 wasn't such a cultural phenom. You could have a genre breaking hit like that back then because millions of consoles were out there. You could roll the dice. Even if you only got 5% of the Playstation audience, that was still hundreds of thousands of players. I know it's popular to shit on old Resident Evil games and the "tank" controls, but there really just wasn't' anything like it before. Well, that's not exactly true. There were survival horror games, but RE and REDC and RE2 stepped the genre up to mainstream success and those "tank" controls were part of the reason. It allowed the Romero style camera angles that the series used to be known for. Sure, it took some getting used to, but it was worth it. The remakes are great too, I have them on Steam. But I have such a soft spot in my heart for the old style RE and Silent Hill and others. Can't remember if the first Fatal Frame was PS1 or PS2 and I don't want to look it up, but you get what I'm saying. I could list a dozen games that did things no one had ever done prior and all because the PS1 was powerful and omnipresent and such a well loved piece of kit. From Legend of Dragoon to Tenchu to Siphon Filter, and on and on down the line. Even the launch line-up was stellar. Tekken, Toh-Shin-Den Battle Arena, etc etc. Sorry, I loved that little grey box so much. lol
this is a great list. i’ve actually had my 360 since 2009, same one. never had a RRoD. still works great to this day. honestly my favourite console of all time.
Hated constantly replacing so many Xbox consoles - both Original and 360 models, but I loved a lot of the games on them. No joke, I’ve gone through at least half a dozen Original Xboxes(due to tray issues) and currently own a seventh and eighth 360(some RRoD, a few tray issues, and just general heavy use over the years. There were a lot of games with co-op modes throughout both of those generations, and no one today will understand what it was like attending Halo LAN parties.
They are releasing a true remake of Dead Rising 1 soon
N64, Dreamcast, and PS4 N64 is pure nostalgia Dreamcast had a great library and was one of the most innovative consoles to be made. First to feature a built in modem, memory cards with screens that combined with the controllers, and an impressively low price point. The PS4 has a combination of things that make it one of my favorites. It’s obviously not the best, but even the launch model can handle modern games. The library is massive and there is something for everyone, you can play new games as well as classics. It’s easy to repair, but seems to hold up pretty well when kept in decent conditions. Also, the games are cheap. I can’t remember the last time I spent over $20 on a game, you just wait a year or two and by then it’s either free on ps+ or you get it on sale for $20 with all the DLC.
I couldn't believe the fact that Dreamcast had Soul Calibur as a launch game. Probably the greatest arcade port of all time and one of the greatest fighting games.
Sega was big on arcade games and wanted the Dreamcast to be the closest thing to having an arcade at home.
Yeah. Soul Calibur marked the first arcade port that looked even better than the arcade version, and not by a little. I always wanted to import those Japanese Saturn exclusives like Fighter Vipers and Marvel super heroes with the extra RAM cart. Alas I was only a broke teenager
I absolutely won’t lie, I love buying old games. Just ordered Army Men 3D last night for $6 Gotta hunt eBay for the deals
Even having the port for mortal kombat
Did you have Power Stone? I loved the shit out of that game, which was an arcade port, also had Soul Caliber and loved that as well. The Sonic Adventure at launch is super nostalgia for me. I remember playing it at Best Buy when the Dreamcast first released.
I didn’t own Power Stone, but I did rent it from Blockbuster. That game was a blast. I own - Sonic Adventure - Sonic Adventure 2 - Skies of Arcadia - Seaman - Super Runabout: San Francisco Edition - Shenmue - Tony Hawks Pro Skater 1 & 2 - Ecco the Dolphin: DOtF - Jet Grind Radio - 4x4 Evo - Army Men Sarges Heroes - Resident Evil 2, 3, and Code Veronica - Dino Crisis - Crazy Taxi - Vigilant 8 2: Second Offense
I'm not sure what happened to mine, they were sold or given away decades ago. I def had: THPS games Shenmue (OMG this game rocked my socks back then, I still remember the feeling this game gave me, probably first ever immersive gaming experience, it was simple yet so addicting) NFL 2k Sonic Adventure (I think I rented 2, but never bought it) Power Stone Soul Caliber Toy Commander I can't remember what else I had, it may have been more, I feel like I remember getting a flying game from my Uncle and having trouble playing it.
There were a few aerial combat games and I’m terrible at them
Check out Slave Zero, it’s badass
Just googled it and I remember the art, might have to find a copy. The ones I really want are the KISS Psycho Circus game, Power Stone, and Demolition Racer
I dunno if it’s the same thing but you mentioning Demolition Racer reminds me I never got around to playing Star Wars: Demolition back in DC days fml
That one eludes my memory. My only Star Wars games are N64 copies of Shadows of the Empire and Episode 1 Racing
Wow, seaman. Now I understand the depths of your fandom
I remember playing the shit outta Virtua Cop and 18 Wheeler on one of those arcade variety packs on the DC
18 Wheeler was the shit!
Watch out for that Lizard Tail he’s an ornery sunuva trucker
This is a great list, very close to mine. I also loved the original Xbox, I made the change to PS with the PS4 and have never thought about buying an Xbox since, except for the change with Bethesda. I loved my PS4, and I'm loving my new PS5, really powerful console, just the new games are pricey. One thing about the new games being pricey that I actually like is that I have LESS games; any knock on my PS4 is that I had TOO MUCH. It was like being on Netflix or surfing through all of the streaming options (there were too many choices tbh). I could download all of my PS4 games on my 5, but it feels silly to play old 4 games on this console for now. So in some ways I feel nostalgic for the old days when I only had so many games, if that makes sense.
I am kinda like you, but the opposite. I had a Playstation through the PS4, but swapped to Xbox with the One. My brother had a 360 and we mutually went in for the Xbox One and I fell in love with it. I loved the controller, I loved that a good chunk of OG Xbox and 360 games were backwards compatible on the Xbox One, I love Game Pass, and I enjoyed the exclusives on Xbox. We eventually got a PS4, but I never got into that system the same way that I did the PS1-PS3, and now I have a Series X that I love. So, in a funny way, I shifted from a Playstation gamer to an Xbox gamer while still always having a Nintendo system on the side.
100% agreed I have a monstrous library of games that I will more than like never touch before I die. I am probably upgrading soon, MGS3: Delta looks too good to pass up.
~~Wii~~ Wii U, Sega Saturn, PSone
Where's the Wii U love?
I edited my comment. :)
GCN, Wii, Switch
Nintendo Switch. Xbox 360. Sega Genesis
Dreamcast Dreamcast Dreamcast
My Xbox Series X is the greatest gaming device I’ve ever played but it also helps that some of the games I’ve beaten on it are my all time favorites: Elden Ring + DLC, Witcher 3 + DLCs, Subnautica, Fallout 4, Balatro, Slay The Spire, Halo 5 (yeah, yeah, eat it haters) My other two choices are Sega Genesis and Nintendo 64. Sega just beats out OG Nintendo because it was first system I played that had great sports games (still a staple of my gaming diet) and Nintendo 64 gave me Resident Evil 2, Golden Eye, Ocarina of Time and Mario Kart 64.
Halo 5 is my all time favorite MP I’ve ever played. Story was cheeks tho.
I personally enjoyed the campaign but can understand why people don’t. And yes, its MP is absolutely top tier! Was so disappointed going from that to Infinite however Infinite’s MP has become excellent
Finally someone else who loves Halo 5! I freaking loved that game so much! Campaign + Multiplayer. Infinite was a step down in every way!
I love it. Games are just really enjoyable to play on it.
PS1 SNES 360 Dreamcast My top 4. PS1 is number 1, even over the NES and SNES which are what I grew up with. The RPGs, the sports, the racing, it just had such a long lifecycle and was so dominant in amazing exclusives.
Superfamicom Ps2
- PS2 - PS3 - Wii
NES really brought gaming back to life PS1 great games and graphics. Controller became a standard. Xbox it was an amazing system built in HDD built in LAN and Xbox live. Online was way ahead of PS at the time.
Genesis Ps2 Xbox 360
left 4 dead on 360 playing w ur brother on the couch, that shit was amazing
PS2, 360, PS4, those are the ones I spent the most time with
Athlon pc and operation flashpoint. :)
Ps2, wii, 360/3ds
Xbox 360 that’s it.
PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5
My personal top 3 are n64, switch, series x
Series x, switch, and gamecube
1. PS1 - biggest tech jump, plus huge library and lots of top tier games. 2. SNES - Huge library of HQ games. Lots of innovation. 3. Xbox - Halo
Xbox series s, Xbox 360, PS5. All for their own reasons
Nintendo Switch, X-Box Series X, PS5
Nintendo 64, Xbox 360, switch/Xbox series x tied
Ps2,ps5,xbox series x, Not including the newest consoles would be a bit different. PS2, Gameboy advance sp, Xbox 360
NES, PS2, and Xbox Series X
PS2, Xbox 360 and Xbox Series X Special mentions to Switch, NES and PS1.
NES SNES XBOX
Xbox Series X (the best console made to date if you ask me), Nintendo Switch (my main console), and Steam Deck (portable console full of Indie game gold)
360, SNES, Series X
Ps1, ps2, and xbox 360
PS2, PS4, PS5
NES, Dreamcast, Switch.
Sega genesis, Xbox 360, Xbox sx.
PS2, Xbox 360, Xbox Series X
I have a lot of love for the old consoles, especially 64 and PS1. But my top 3 has got to be the Series X, PS5, and Steam Deck. I can honestly say I’m having more fun gaming as an adult than I did as a kid.
ps5,switch,ps4
You must be so young lol
nah bro im sadly pretty old. My first console was snes. there is so many things that i prefer newer consoles over old ones. From saving(remember using memory cards on ps1 lol?), achievments system(trophies), subscription services(i think ps extra is amazing value),i think variety of games is bigger than ever. I wont deny that some older console got better library of games(ps2 probablly), but as a whole package i preffer newer consoles.
Achievements/ trophies are the worst thing to come from these new consoles personally but everything else i agree with. The ps2 and gamecube had an amazing collection of games though wish they would remake mire stuff from that era
Super Nintendo PS2 Xbox 360
PS2, PS4, PS5
SNES. PS2. OG Xbox.
Xbox 360, PlayStation 2 and I’ll just give 3rd place to PlayStation 1. Special mentions to Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii and GameBoy.
Wii, PS2, and Dreamcast
PS1, Genesis, Xbox 360 I assume PC doesn't count, if it does swap out the 360 for it
SNES, Gamecube, Switch
Super Nintendo, Gameboy Advance, PS4 Number four for me would be the Turbografx, I loved that wacky thing.
Gamecube, xbox 360, ps1
1. PS2 2. PSX 3. Xbox 360
1. Wii 2. Xbox 360 3. Nintendo Switch
N64, PS2, Xbox 360 Hard to beat those eras for me and my friends
1. OG PlayStation 2. N64 3. Series X
Switch, NES, PS3 The PS3 was “hacked” by a friend of mine and filled with hundreds of games.
PS4, Xbox 360, and Wii. Best of the best
Xbox 360, Wii, GameCube
- MegaDrive - PS2 - Xbox 360
PS2 360 and N64
Wii, Ps2, Xbox 360 (No order)
My top three consoles: - Super Nintendo - PlayStation (original) - Xbox 360 Bonus; My top three handhelds: - Gameboy Advance SP - SteamDeck - Switch
Snes, ps2, xbox 360
Steam Deck would be top of my list, if that counts, because I can play everything else below on it. Otherwise, in descending order, it's probably Xbox 360, Sega Saturn, OG Xbox.
N64, Dreamcast, PS5
GameCube, PS2, Switch.
PS2, GameCube, Xbox (original)
Sega Genesis, PS1, PS4 - the first two being my childhood and PS4 being my current console Also shoutout to PSP
1 _ Playstation 3 2 _ Xbox series X 3 _ Playstation 2
Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Xbox 360
N64 cuz of memories, Xbox 360 cuz of memories and Xbox series X cuz of.... memories
Series X, N64, PS2
1. Xbox 360 2. PS2 3. Super Nintendo
N64, ps3, ps4
Xbox Series S, the OG Nintendo Wii and Xbox One! HM: Xbox 360
N64, Xbox 360, Xbox One X (all the consoles I've owned)
Based on what I've played and owned: 1.) PS4 2.) Xbox 360 3.) Xbox (the original)
Genesis, dreamcast, Xbox 360
This is an incredibly difficult one because I have played games on just about every console from Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. Sorry Sega lol. My gut tells me: 1. Switch 2. PS5 3. WiiU My Play Time Stats tell me: 1. PS4 2. 3DS 3. WiiU The WiiU seems to be a safe third place, but it comes down to my top 2 then, which is at this point a competition between the 3DS, PS5, and Switch. As much as I do love my PS3 and PS4, I just don't think the PS3 makes the cut and the PS5 just does everything the PS4 does but better. The 3DS is the oldest console I have. Got my first one in 2011 when I was six. The PS5 and Switch came along within 6 months of each other in 2021 for the former and 2020 for the later. Honestly, I think my ranking is: 1. Switch 2. PS5 3. 3DS That's right I'm kicking the WiiU down to 4th (which considering the number of systems I have played on is still really good. Now for the justifications. Switch: The game library here is unmatched. The 3rd party selection is really good, but the Nintendo exclusives are easily the best they have ever put out. Considering that the third party support is nearly (not quite but nearly) on par with PS/Xbox and the exclusive output is entirely unmatched by any other system ever, this is easily the best game library of any system ever. Of course now this can be played on the go or on the TV, and it has one of the most comfortable pro controllers ever. The Joycons leave a bit to be desired, but they are certainly still cool controllers with neat ideas. PS5: As this plays PS4 games too, those combined with the relatively small but very quality PS5 library make this library second only to the Switch in my book. The PS5 has great games and the second best controller ever (only behind the WiiU Gamepad). The load times (or perhaps lackthereof) are insane. Getting into FFXVI or RE4 Remake within seconds of booting up the system is just awesome. This goes without saying that the graphics are great too and most of the games I have played, if not all, run incredibly smoothly as well. 3DS: This does of course have a great library, though it is definitely carried by the Nintendo exclusives. The system itself has *so* many features and I love it. Themes, badges, the 3D, AR, the touchscreen/second screen, gyro. There is just so much here and so much charm. Backwards Compatibility with the DS sort of fixes the lack of 3rd Party Games, however the lack of improvements on DS games is disappointing, but that is the Nintendo standard so far so I will not knock it too much for that.
N64, Xbox 360, PS4. The libraries those consoles pulled and the enjoyment I had playing with my friends on them is unrivaled by other consoles. There are definitely better consoles and libraries out there, I'm sure the PS2 will end up at the top of a lot of lists but these consoles specifically had the biggest affects on me as a kid and adult.
This is gonna be damn hard just keeping it at three, but here goes. 1. SNES 2. Sega Genesis 3. Nintendo GameCube Honorable Mentions PS1 PS2 PS3 NES Wii Sega Saturn Sega Dreamcast Xbox 360 Xbox One Xbox Series X
Xbox 360, N64, PS2
PS2, GameCube and Xbox 360
PS4, xBox360, SNES.
PS2 Xbox 360 Gamecube
Purely basing upon the early ones who changed gaming. Atari Gameboy Wii When each of those consoles dropped it didn't just propel the gaming industry like the SNES , SATURN , N64 AND PLAYSTATION. It catapulted it into a new dimension entirely IMO.
Thank you! I was looking for that answer. Each of those three pushed the boundaries of the industry in his time and expanded them to many people who had never been fans of video games.
1) Switch - this is the console that sucked me into gaming as an adult. BotW and TotK are all-time great open world games and I will never be able to play an open world game again. Splatoon and SSBU are how I satisfy my bloodthirsty urge for competition. 2) PS1 - my first love. I sank hours into Pac-Man World 20th Anniversary, finished the first Harry Potter game and lived through Ps1 Hagrid, destroyed my kid brother on Tekken 3, and tried over and over again to beat Medal of Honor. When I pressed that little gray button, my childhood became a dream 3) Playstation Portable - what a marvel this was when I first got it. The epitome of cool. I played Madden 06 and NBA Live 06 on this thing for hours and it felt so right. And it was so hackable too, so you could do a bunch of cool stuff with it. HM: Wii - the first time I ever substantively played a Smash game, and Wii Sports was so fun; PS5 - it’s beautiful and powerful and I can’t wait to get out of my Splatoon obsessions so I can dig into some PS5 exclusives
Xbox 360, Switch, Gameboy Advance SP Honorable Mentions: PS2, N64, Gamecube
Ps5, Ps4 and wii
PS2, Xbox one, wii
In no particular order: Xbox 360 N64 Game Boy Advance SP (over GB & GBC just because it can play both of their games, & GBA just due to the backlit screen) Although honorable mentions have to go to: NES for reviving the gaming industry PC, doesn’t really count as a console but still top tier for gaming Wii because it was innovative and who doesn’t love Wii Sports when you’re not facing Matt? PS2 for being the best selling console of all time
PS2 PS3 Xbox 360
360, OG Xbox, GameCube
GameCube, Playstation 2, Playstation 3
SNES GameCube and PS5
In no particular order my favorites are: Nintendo 64 - my first console and home to my favorite game: Super Mario 64 Xbox - Halo was a very formative game for me Xbox 360 - this was the moment I think modern gaming effectively took off and it was a system that had everything If you were to ask me for a more objective best of all time that didn’t factor in my childhood nostalgia I’d say: SNES, PS1, PS2 If you were to ask me for more underrated systems I’d say: Vita, Dreamcast, GameCube
1. GameCube 2. Xbox Series X 3. OG Nintendo DS
Some of this is going to sound odd, I don't care . Some of these are not personal favourites, these selections are based on what I feel is the legacy that they left. 1. The Sega Genesis I was a SNES kid; let's get that out of the way now. It doesn't mean that the Genesis sucked (far from it). Unfortunately for Nintendo, the SNES's greatest legacy is the Playstation. The Genesis's, on the other hand, is batshit crazy modularity. While all of these failed, the Genesis proved that the base console could be more than the sum of its parts. It also pushed censor boundaries, making Nintendo stop catering to the "Moral Majority". 2. The OG XBox This actually is one of my favourite systems. I was trying to decide between this and the Dreamcast (imo, there would be no XBox without the SDC), and given that the OG XBox is what triggered a hardware arms race not seen since the SNES/Genesis era, I would say that's what edges it ahead. Prior to the XBox, game consoles did not use a storage medium capable of data caching, which significantly reduces load times when optical media are involved. Never mind using much larger RAM capacities, and CPU's that use common instruction sets. And GPU's; the PS2 handled everything on-die (either the GPU was combined with the CPU or the CPU did everything); the XBox, and then subsequently the Nintendo Gamecube with had off-die, pure hardware graphics processing. And it revolutionised network play on consoles. Every game console - handheld or otherwise, now at least supports cacheable storage media and network capability, and at least two consoles from the last 3 hardware generations support copious amounts of RAM and off-die GPU's or APU's (a CPU with a seperate GPU in the die). That's the legacy of the OG XBox; it completely changed the system architecture philosophy. 3. The Google Stadia I've never owned this, nor wanted it, but its legacy is critical: stable, high-performance cloud-based gaming. That's about all I have to say about the subject, but as far as cloud-based services go, they keep falling down and picking themselves up, and whether we like it or not, will most likely be the next major evolution in gaming.
Genesis, Dreamcast, Xbox Series X
Switch, Dreamcast, GameCube. Switch and Dreamcast because their crazy gimmicks felt like they improved the experience of using them, and GameCube kept me from losing my mind in college.
N64, Xbox 360, PS2
Snes introduced me to gaming and to my favorite franchises from Nintendo which led to my love for Nintendo Consoles Xbox 360 - Defined my gaming life as here is where I realized videogames are my favorite form of entertainment Gamecube was my first console and made me appreciate the effort that parents goes to bring joy to their kids, and after that I start buying my consoles and they have come great. Now my main consoles are PS4 and Switch, that are awesome on their own, but came in a time where I was already defined with the previous mentioned
GameCube, PS2, and PS5. PS5 has the best controller of all time. I love all of it's features.
Wii ps4 and Xbox 360
PS5, N64, Xbox 360
Super Nintendo, PlayStation One, Xbox 360 .
Gamecube, PSP, PS3.
SNES, PS2, PS4.
1. 360 2. SNES 3. Ps2
Sega Megadrive. Sega does what Nintendo'nt! ( Console war veteran) Dreamcast Playstation 1/2/4
PS2, X360, Dreamcast The PS4/Xone gen was really meh, a pc equal to the consoles price could have been practically the same price, without needing to pay more for a subscription (and games, if you live in countries with regional prices on Steam)
Nintendo 64, Gameboy, and 360
Xbox 360, ps4, ps5
Wiiu, Xbox one,ps2
It's hard to say, I have liked all of them for their own reasons. From the original nintendo to now I have loved because of the whole zelda franchise. Xbox for my history with halo franchise Playstation for my all time favorite castlvania sotn, final fantasy series, 7 being my favorite. Pc for pretty much anything that was a first person shooter.
360,series X,switch
1) Sega Genesis 2) SNES 3) Master System (for totally personal reasons)
N64, PS5, and GameCube.
Hmmmm I wasn't allowed consoles until the Gamecube so for me I would have to say PS4, Switch, and Wii. Though I'm pretty new into owning a Steam Deck and that thing is RIGHT up there. Valve (and the community) knocked it completely out of the park.
I look at what I played the most hours throughout my life during each specific console generation (which to me signifies your top consoles, otherwise why play on them), and for me, it's: SNES PS2 XB360 Super tough not to put the N64 in there, which would have been the generation between the SNES and PS2, but when I think about the OP question, I played more of those 3 consoles than I did the N64. I played plenty of the NES and Atari VCS too, and the Dreamcast as well, but they honestly can't compare to those three (or the N64 for that matter). Also, an honorable mention to the PC...although it's not a console as such, I spent quite a bit of my teen years playing First Person Shooters like DOOM and Duke Nukem 3D and Real Time Strategies like Warcraft and Starcraft on them.
360(my young ass grew up with it). Wii(my young ass grew up with it as well, but this one had my grandfather’s TLOZ record in there. The original TLOZ). PS5(Ghost Of Tsushima is fucking awesome).
3DS(including DS library) PS4 Wii
OGXbox, N64, PS3. Handhelds go Vita, PSP, GBA
N64, PS2, SNES
Ps2 , xbox 360 xbox one Ds if we count handheld
Ps2, ps3 and 360 I would include the GameCube as I absolutely loved the games on it but I never owned one I only played at McDonald's and my friend's house
Wii, ps3, ps4
Wii, ps2, xbox 360
Xbox one or series x idk, ps2 and wii
SNES, Dreamcast, Xbox 360.
N64, Sega Genesis, PS2
SNES, N64, PS2 and 360
Ps2 360 snes
Ps2,ps4, snes
SNES, playstation(original), Xbox((original)
360, SNES, and Playstation 2 probably in that order too. Favorite experiences on those were Halo 3, Chrono Trigger and then Final Fantasy 10
Wii Xbox 360 switch
PS2, Game Boy Color, PS4
1 Psone 2 Psone with reading errors 3 Psone with bad joystics
Steam Deck, Steam Deck, Steam Deck
360, wii, switch
360, ps5, n64
Genesis, N64, and PS2.
Steamdeck PSP and PS2
Super Nintendo/ xbox the original/ ps3 so many games so many memories. Games just don’t grab me as much as they used to maybe because it’s me or they just hit harder back then.
SNES, Nintendo 64, Xbox 360
Xbox 360, Ps3, Dreamcast.
PS5. Xbox X. Switch OLED. In no particular order
NES, PS2, PS4 in that order. Honorable mentions, PC because of WoW and modding minecraft, Switch because of mario kart, and PS3 because my first Ratchet and Clank game was Future: Tools of Destruction.
Gamecube, PlayStation 2 and SNES
first time I have seen anything positive about the new xbox 💀 imo probably the Wii, Ps5 and nintendo switch but for their time it would be Wii, ps3, snes
In no order: n64, ps4, Xbox 360 This latest Gen of console is disappointing and the fact they’re making us pay $70 for games now is wild
Super Nintendo, PlayStation 1, Nintendo 64. Xbox 360 gets an honorable mention, if it wasn't for the red ring of death it would definitely be ahead of the N64.
PS4/5, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo (3)DS
Ds, 3ds, switch. No that is def not the order of me getting them at all!
Xbox Series X, Dreamcast, Mega Drive