Least liked console from each of the big 3 and why

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Nintendo: N64...the only Nintendo console I never bothered to own. It has plenty of great games on it, well the few games it has on it that are good are great I should say. There will never be a feeling in my life like the first time I played Mario 64, and there will probably never be a moment of awe like the opening to Ocarina of Time, but those gems are the pinnacle of that machine. Certainly there were other titles that came along that were entertaining like Goldeneye and the original Smash Bros, but the blockiness of all the titles just shows a gaming paradigm in transition from 2D to 3D, much the same way as many of our middle school photos showed us in a similarly embarrassing transition.

Sony: PS3...This one makes my list for no reason other than the fact that I associate corporate greed and arrogance with its unveiling. The price tag, the original boomerang controller, the lack of decent games. What was Sony thinking....oh yeah, they thought they were king of the world and that we'd all want to play with their Giant Crabs. Next! This console also ushered in a Sony that had no concern for a gamer like myself. The PS1/PS2 were such fun machines and they focused on one of my favorite genres: the colorful, zany 3D platformer. This console saw Sony make a very visible reach for an audience that Microsoft was courting, the "hardcore gamer." I'm not upset over this transition, though. It made the next almost 15 years as a gamer a lot cheaper as I've never had to worry about buying multiple consoles.

Microsoft: XBoxOne...Ask me three times and I'll give you three different answers. The original XBOX was an ugly behemoth (both the console and the controller) that was obviously playing for a new demographic that prefers things to be Xtreme! Yeah, I know Direct X was in the box, but that was a calculated, shrewd marketing move made to appeal to dudes that wouldn't be caught dead playing a Mario game, but became nerds over night when they found out all the realistic ways you could vent your frustrations while still maintaining your masculinity. Yeah, maybe this one has to go to the OG XBOX afterall. I was going to say the new one for the worst marketing name in all of gaming, but the origin of this entry into the console world altered forever the gaming landscape and created the COD generation. Thanks, Bill Gates.