If you had to rank each year a system was relevant (getting interesting new games), how would you do it?
For instance, with the current systems I think most people (Americans) would say something like this:
DS: 2007 > 2008 > 2006 > 2009 > 2005 > 2010 > 2004
PSP: 2006 > 2007 > 2009 > 2008 > 2010 > 2005
Wii: 2010 > 2009 > 2007 > 2008 > 2006
X360: 2007 > 2008 > 2009 > 2010 > 2006 > 2005
PS3: 2009 > 2010 > 2008 > 2007 > 2006
Personally, I'd go something like this for systems I've owned:
Wii: 2010 > 2009 > 2007 > 2006 > 2008 (will probably end up playing at least from 2006-2012)
DS: 2006 > 2007 > 2005 > 2008 > 2009 > 2010 > 2004 (will probably end up playing 2004-2011)
GC: 2002 > 2001 > 2005 > 2003 > 2004 > 2006 (played 2001-2006)
DC: 2000 > 1999 > 2001 (played 1999-2001)
N64: 1997 > 1998 > 1996 > 1999 > 2000 > 2001 (played 1996-2001)
Genesis: 1993 > 1992 > 1994 > 1995 > 1996 (played 1992-1996)
GBA: 2004 > 2003 > 2002 > 2005 (played from 2002-2005)
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