Which is the most significant (important) console in history?

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Dyllyo said:

You're showing your age here, kid.

Some of us REMEMBER growing up in the 80's and 90's. Of COURSE, companies would still be trying to make games, without the NES. But we're talking about REAL history, not a fictional version of it :)

The NES blew everything out of the water, back in the day. Nintendo didn't even have to worry about competition at all for 7 years.

LOL "kid", look at my join date.  Though I say PS1 is the most important, it doesn't mean I don't credit the importance of the NES.  

But hardware isn't really important, its the games.  The way to get the games is to have great relationships with 3rd parties.  

Atari was too loose, allowing a lot of crap games to get released on their console.  

The NES established very tight controls which did introduce quality control, but it really was about selling Nintendo manufactured catridges to third parties and restricting them from supporting competing consoles.  (This is the real reason the N64 had catridges, and not a CD-rom drive.)  

Sony got the partnership just right with the PS1, listened to the 3rd parties when designing the console, and helped create a massive success for Sony and the 3rd parties.  Simply put, the PS1 represented a pivot in console gaming which has laster longer than the one which occured with the Atari, NES, or any other console.