Top 5 consoles of all time

[Angelv577]

RubberWhistleHistle said:

Angelv577 said:
For me, it looks like this:

1. PS2: the greatest console of all time.
2. PS3/xbox 360: I would have chosen xbox 360 as my second console if it wasn't for the horrible failure rate. Mine broke in 4 months.
3. SNES: the system where most of my childhood gaming took place. Mario kart SNES, donkey kong country 1 and 2. Multiple third party games like street fighter 2, MK1 and 2 and a lot more that I don't remember.
4. PS1/N64: both share the same amount of gaming time that gen.
5. NES: the one that started it all.

IMO For me Wii is the worst console ever. It has good games but the third parties selection weren't good. The Wii motes and I never got along. Too expensive for what it offered. Poor online infrastructure.

i just want to focus on the last thing you said. about the wii. why would you judge it based on how much third party support it has? does the company that made the game really matter? if it has x amount of good games, it has x amount of good games. 

if the wii has 50 games that are great, i dont care if all 50 are made by nintendo, or if 35 were made by nintendo, and 15 were made by 3rd parties, or if 15 were made by nintendo, and 35 were made by third parties. good games are good games. judge the system based on how many quality titles are on it. and ill tell you right now, it has a ton.

I judged Wii based on how much third party it has because in my case, I'm a multiplatform gamer.  I ended up last gen with 75%-80% on multiplatform games.  Heck my reason to buy a console is for multiplatform games so any console that have third parties support are going to be a better console in my view.  Now if you combine a good third party support with good first party games, you have the recipe for one of the best library, in other words, there is a high chance you will find something new to play because if the first party offering failed, just moved your view to a third party game and vice versa.  When you don't have good third party support, you are limited to first party, add to that that if you don't like every first party offered, there is a chance you will find yourself replaying older games because you don't have something to play yet based on your preferences.

This is obviously my personal feeling and my personal experience only and how I felt during the 7th gen era.