Rate your consoles and handhelds

[thekitchensink]

Only have time for the current-gen systems right now.

Wii: 8.5/10. This score is deceiving, as I think the console itself should be rated a 9.8. It has an ingenious interface, and Super Mario Galaxy is right up there in my top 3 or 4 games of all time (higher than any other Mario). Wii Sports got my mom to play a game for the first time in her life. I rate it lower than I'd like to because of the known issues--admittedly weak online play, and a lack of quality third-party (non-minigame) games for the time being. I can easily see my score rising an entire point over the next year.

360: 8.8/10. This would be somewhere in the mid-low 9's if I hadn't had the red ring of death twice. However, I've already played more games on the 360 that I personally thought were 'great' games than I did in the whole last generation. Gears of War is also one of my favourite all-time games, and the sequel looks to improve upon it in every way. While the PC has a better online interface, for free, since I'm a console gamer, Live offers great value to me.

PS3: 6/10:-|. There's future potential here (see what I did there?). It's a good system (the most powerful home console ever built, though by how much is debatable). However, there's a reason that I only own three games for mine, none of them multiplatform--in almost every single case, 360 games look better or offer a better experience in some way than PS3. It really doesn't have enough games (yet) that make me feel it was worth my $599. Uncharted is a great deal of fun, but Warhawk and Ratchet have been filler for me, at best. MGS4 looks great, though.

DS: 10/10 . Massive library of games (around 30 for me, and growing!) of every genre. Epic win! Best. Game. System. Ever.