What is your favorite console per generation?

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RolStoppable said:

d21lewis said:
Kinda surprising how many of us jumped from brand to brand. Pleasantly surprising, actually.

I think you are drawing a conclusion that is unwarranted. The topic is merely asking for favorite console each generation and on this site you will find many people who have been multi-console owners for many generations. Favorites changed, but it's not really a jump from brand to brand when people bought most, if not all consoles of any given generation.

What you are saying isn't really accurate.  Multi-console is not the same as multi-brand.  A person's two consoles could easily have been PS3+PSP, which is the same brand.  It's even more likely to be two Nintendo systems like DS + Wii, and in this case the brand is really Nintendo.  Two systems, same brand.  And another extremely common case is that a person has two home systems, but one of those systems is a PC.  People can afford two or more systems, but that doesn't necessarily mean two different home consoles.

And yet, we see people are still switching brands.  They might have a Sega system, then a Playstation, and then a Nintendo system.  In gaming, brand loyalty is the exception rather than the rule.  People are loyal to consoles, but not to brands.  People might love the PS2 and then ignore the PS3.  Different consoles, same brand.  Well brand doesn't really matter.  Games matter.  Have a system with a lot of great games and people will switch.  Games define a console, and that is why people love certain consoles.  But brands don't really matter.