IGN Top 25 Consoles -- TOP 5......SHOCKING WINNER! (Atari 2600 > PS2)!!

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ph4nt said:

RipOff29 said:

Its funny, with all the bitching about the list, the industry would be nothing without the NES, SNES, 2600, PS1, PS2 or whatever, this was missed. "The Magnavox was the very first videogame console ever released". Thats a pretty big oversight, so by virtue of being the first it managed to make #25 on the list behind every other console listed.

If I was to make a biblical comparison, thats like listing Adam as the 25th most influential human in the Bible.

first =/= influential.

I would say people like, oh i dunno, Abraham were more influencial than Adam.

Odyssey was first, yes, but it really didn't do much.

It really took off with Atari.

Because obviously the early software development strides made didn't transfer forward to future hardware generations.

Because obviously the lessons learnt and the engineers whom had worked on the console didn't transfer to future consoles.

Because obviously the names of all the consoles to come after would be identical without the Odyssey.

Because... its obvious.