6 Most Important consoles of all time...

[Opa-Opa]

XanderZane said:

Opa-Opa said:
I think you have some good points.

The Xbox 360 is too flawed to be on this list, and not as "influential," as it is an assembly of different home console ideas bundled into one package with a certain fail-rate.

I would say the Odyssey, thought the first, is beyond suck and doesn't belong either.

Really Atari 2600 is perhaps the most influential in popularizing the home console.

A LOT OF PEOPLE owned Ataris.

You people obviously didn't read the article completely. The reason the XBox 360 is there is because of the XBox LIVE which basically revolutionized console online gaming. Yes, we know PC had it for a long, long time, but no game console had made it this simple to meet friends online, chat and start an online game together. Also, XBox Live has the most DLC, videos, movies, demos and games of any of the current gen consoles. So that's why the XBox 360 is there. The Atari 2600 didn't need to be on the list. Sure it got the masses playing, but it also help to lead the industry up to the crash. The NES definitely should be on the list. The rest of the list is fine I think.

Magnavox Odyssey (Started console gaming)

NES (Restarted online gaming after the crash.)

PS1 (Start the CD media storage for games.)

XBox 360 (Revolutionized game console online gaming)

Wii (Changed the way casual gamers played games)

 

I wouldn't singularly blame Atari for the video game crash in '83.  Sure, they had some low-quality games, but they were producing some stellar shit for the time compared to EVERY random company who had buy-in into the industry.  The crash was a culmination of things.

 

I'll stick by my guns here and say:

Xbox 360 is hardly innovative.  Consoles have tried going online in the past, but MS just capitalized at the right time.

I know no other console that polarizes people better than the 360 -- sure it has a decent set of games, and a fun-easy online setting, but Live alone isn't enough, in my opinion, to justify its spot in game-history.

 

Additionally, I know no other console people defend more (or attack) for its blatant shortcomings.  

Come on, the RROD was inexcusable.  30 % + chance of your console dying within a year for a 300 USD 'ish console would be considered a travesty, a friggin' joke if any other company outside of MS hadn't produced it.

The truth is:  Americans make the 360 work in this market.  Anywhere else in the world, it's barely heralded as competitor.