Claiming X360 was well engineered is madness. Something that breaks down all the time isn't engineered well. Yes, over time the console turned into a very good and well balanced one, but only after many years and many new iterations! You can't say it's a well engineered console, when it took many years and new versions of hardware for it to finally make sense. I'd say the first Slim version was the peak. They solved the problem with RROD and gave it a sexy body (the best looking console of the gen imo). Still, there were consoles that were pretty much perfect from the get-go. GCN (apart from the colour it is pure perfection), SNES, PS4, maybe the DC (that was also a good and incredibly influencial design).
X360 had many good ideas, but was an awfully done job with extreemely poor execution. Kinda opposite to what the Xbone is. It is executed well, but the ideas behind it aren't that good. The RAM, the size, the HDD that can't be removed... Much worse that the PS4.
Wii U is a GCN 2 - I called it months before the release!
My Vita to-buy list: The Walking Dead, Persona 4 Golden, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, TearAway, Ys: Memories of Celceta, Muramasa: The Demon Blade, History: Legends of War, FIFA 13, Final Fantasy HD X, X-2, Worms Revolution Extreme, The Amazing Spiderman, Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate - too many no-gaemz :/
My consoles: PS2 Slim, PS3 Slim 320 GB, PSV 32 GB, Wii, DSi.
