pokoko on 05 June 2013
I think it should be noted, when talking about consoles of the past, that the situation was different back then. Now, we put consoles under our televisions and in entertainment cabinets. Back then, you would usually pull the console out in front of your TV when you were using it, because the cords were short and because a lot of televisions were big floor models. It made sense that consoles were small, light, and kind of toy-ish.
I see people comparing them and it just doesn't feel very practical to me. Sure, you might not want to wedge a SNES in with all your component systems but you also wouldn't have wanted to pull an Xbox 360 out into the middle of the living room every time you wanted to play. Apples and oranges, kind of.
