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Which has done the most?

Nintendo 488 60.40%
 
Sony 219 27.10%
 
Microsoft 37 4.58%
 
See results 63 7.80%
 
Total:807
Cobretti2 on 06 August 2013

Nice list OP.

Only thing I would question is Sony - First console with a memory card

It shouldn't be an achievement as that was kind of a by product of using CDs.



 

 

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HikenNoAce on 06 August 2013
Gnac said:
HikenNoAce said:
Sony. They turned gaming into more than just a toy for kids.

Yep, now it's a toy for more than just kids!


As much of a toy as cinema and books....



travis on 06 August 2013
Roma said:
lol anyone that votes other than Nintendo really have no Idea what their talking about

most likely the newer generations who think it all started with PS2 or the HD consoles


This

 

Plus people will make fun of me but still, I think Wii fit should be included.  Oh and what about 4 players multiplayers? I know Sony had those thing to play 4 at a time but I'm not sure of much they really mattered. Anyway I think Nintendo pushed massively local multiplayer forward...



Gnac on 06 August 2013
HikenNoAce said:
Gnac said:
HikenNoAce said:
Sony. They turned gaming into more than just a toy for kids.

Yep, now it's a toy for more than just kids!


As much of a toy as cinema and books....

Are you one of those people who pulled video cassettes apart and played with all the tape? I always wondered who made all that mess.



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attaboy on 06 August 2013

A lot of people in this thread seem to be totally unaware of consoles that played CDs and video before the PS1/PS2.



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areason on 06 August 2013

For the way i like to game sony

Overall Nintendo



phinch1 on 06 August 2013

You missed that sony had a cd player, sony was the first to release demo cds's of games with their magazines

i may be wrong on some of theses, but was the ps2 not the first to use a camera to imerse the player into gaming?
and the ps2 was the first console to use linux?



binary solo on 06 August 2013

Only the most devoted of MS and Sony fans would say MS or Sony. It's a fundamental misreading of video game history not to put Nintendo ahead of those two.



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snowdog on 06 August 2013

Nintendo. How anyone can vote for either of the other two is beyond me tbh.



Multimedialover on 06 August 2013
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Multimedialover said:
Your missing achievements. Which is the best innovation this generation imo.

Also Microsoft pioneered not just online gaming. But also Pioneered Social networking in gaming viia Xbox Live with apps etc. Essentially a gaming facebook.


Sega pioneered online gaming on consoles. Microsoft just helped them two generations after their first attempt on the Genesis and then the Saturn. The PS3 had apps before Xbox Live. Xbox Live didnt really have them until NXE.


Well Sega attempted a dial up internet based service.

Microsoft pioneered online gaming and its infrastructure. Forced Broadband only. Dedicated servers. Lag free online matches. Games that actually didnt disconnect. 

I KNow I had a Dreamcast. It wasnt online gaming. It was Ghost online gaming. in 2 mins bursts.

 

Get the hell out of here with PS3. LOL at it had apps first. Not sure why you think NXE brought that to the table, it was on Blades in 2006. Just not the same way.

As for the whole Live social experience which is what I was referring to, Microsoft created that and brought it to the console world.

 

So like I said.

1. Microsoft created achievements.

2. Microsoft created a social network for consoles

These 2 things are missing from the OP list and have been the most heavily copied innovations this generations.