Mostly my tastes are in line with the mass market.
Gen 1 - Never played any of these systems
Gen 2 - Atari 2600
Crash Generation - Never owned any of these systems, but I did play them at friends' houses. Colecovision was the best console, but the C64 was better than that.
Gen 3 - NES
Gen 4 - SNES (Genesis was a very close second)
Gen 5 - PS1
Gen 6 - PS2
Gen 7 - Wii and PS3 tied (both were great)
Gen 8 - Wii U and PS4 tied (both sucked)
Gen 9 - Switch
curl-6 bet me that PS5 + X|S sales would reach 56m before year end 2023 and he was right.
My Bet With curl-6
My Threads:
Master Thread, Game of the Year/Decade
Switch Will Be #1 All Time
Zelda Will Outsell Mario (Achieved)
How Much Will MH Rise sell?
My Bet With Metallox