Greatest Video Game Systems Elimination Thread - The Results

[Michael-5]

archbrix said:

Thanks to everyone who played. Remember that it's an elimination thread made for fun, not a poll, in which case the results would have been very, very different. Personally I'm at least happy with all of the systems that made it to the top 10.

Someone said, objectively speaking, the PS2 should have taken first, but one could argue that that honor should go to the DS, or the Odyssey or 2600 for being the first, or the NES for single-handedly revitalizing the home video game market. There are a lot of factors involved when speaking to what is truly the greatest game system so in the end, voting for your favorites (the ones you had the most fun with) will at least always hold merit with you.

My personal top 10:

1. NES
2. SNES
3. DS
4. Gamecube
5. Sega Genesis
6. Game Boy Advance/SP/Micro
7. Playstation 3
8. Nintendo 64
9. Wii
10. Tie: Xbox 360/Playstation/Playstation 2

I said PS2 should have been #1, but only because SNES was eliminated. Go to IGN or other websites and see their results for best console and SNES or PS2 usually win (on IGN it's SNES).

Since you gave your top 10, I'll give my top 5 (after 5 It's too close to call)

1. SNES
2. PS2
3. PS360 (who are you kidding, 90% of the games are the same, the last 10% are a matter of preference, but both are excellent)
4. GBA
5. DS (but both handhelds are about equal)