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Most Revolutionary

Nintendo Entertainment System 189 26.21%
 
Sega Genesis 5 0.69%
 
Nintendo 64 109 15.12%
 
PlayStation 2 158 21.91%
 
Wii 183 25.38%
 
Other (leave comment) 76 10.54%
 
Total:720

Well, the Atari 2600.

After that, it's between the NES and the PS1. Both radically changed how people thought of gaming.

The Wii does not appear to be revolutionary. It has not irreversibly changed the industry in a long-lasting way. Right now, motion controls seem to be a temporary blip on the radar. A Revolution would be optical media storage or internet connectivity.



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(Wii) If motion controls would even exist?
XaviX Port, Wii sports console 2 years before the Wii. One of many motion controllers before the Wii.
Nintendo combined motion controls with Apple style marketing and look and got a hit.

Most game changing, probably the ps1. Going with cheap cds instead of expensive to produce cartridges made console gaming a lot more affordable, and also more profitable for 3rd parties.



SvennoJ said:
(Wii) If motion controls would even exist?
XaviX Port, Wii sports console 2 years before the Wii. One of many motion controllers before the Wii.
Nintendo combined motion controls with Apple style marketing and look and got a hit.

Most game changing, probably the ps1. Going with cheap cds instead of expensive to produce cartridges made console gaming a lot more affordable, and also more profitable for 3rd parties.


Don't forget the Power Glove. Which was basically a PS Move for the NES 20 years in advance before the PS Move, and 15 years before WiiMote.



snes and wii.



dreamcast
pc engine with cd-rom attachment
original gameboy



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N64 cause its the one console that finally catered to the unfortunate 3 handed people... Nintendo, always looking out for us



                  

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Dreamcast, it died so we can have modern gaming.



Sigs are dumb. And so are you!

In chronological order:
Atari 2600, NES, PS1, Wii.

They brought new audiences to gaming.



nes.



Tough question. All depends on how you define "revolutionary".

I would have said Wii, but now that the next-gen consoles are out, it's obvious how little it has had an impact on them. I'd probably have to say PS1, for laying down the blueprint for modern consoles and causing a huge explosion in the popularity of gaming.

Edit: I guess the NES is similar to the PS1 in what it did for 2D gaming and its popularity.