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Jumpin said:

I thought about a list based on experience. But keep what Curl said in mind, these rankings are more about how they mapped onto my life at the time, rather than any deep analysis of the quality or importance to gaming overall. Generally speaking: A+ = consoles that was a significant part of my life, had some of my favourite games of all time, and/or enough that I still pick up the console and play today, or have a lot of ports that I play. A = similar to A+, just on a smaller scale. B. Maybe consoles where I pick up a few games still and play once every 3 years or so. C. Consoles that I played a decent amount of but didn’t really play after their generation despite still having some decently good memories; also, I don’t really play games from that console today. D are consoles which I wasn’t a fan of but still had one or two games on it I liked. E. Consoles that I played a notable amount of but had no special attachment.

My ranks for experience are something like this…

A+ Tier: SNES, PSX, Wii, DS, Switch/Switch 2
A Tier: NES, Mega Drive
B Tier: Gameboy, Dreamcast, PS2, 3DS
C: N64, Saturn, PSP, Vita
D: Vic 20, Commodore 64, Gamecube, Wii U
E: 2600, Master-system

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I like your idea for a tier list.  Although A+ Tier should be called S Tier.   My tier list would look something like this:

S Tier: NES, Switch
A Tier: PS2, 
B Tier: PS1, SNES, Genesis, GBA, Wii, PS3
C Tier: Atari 2600, DS, Wii U, PSP
D Tier: PS4
E Tier: 3DS, Gamecube