PS4.

From the library of games, new and old, to the sleek design and comfortable controller, and to the amazing launch price.

Don't forget about the crazy E3 reveal of the PS4. That presentation pretty much destroyed the XOne before it was even launched.

I wasn't here for those, but best first console was NES, best second console goes without saying, best third one is between N64, Saturn, PS3 and Xbone? N64 takes that one. And I think the GCN takes this one.

Metroid Prime 1&2, Wind Waker & Twilight Princess, MKDD, Melee... GameCube was the only Nintendo console since the N64 that I skipped, and I sincerely wish I didn't.

PS4 is the only right answer.

The Dreamcast was great but its early demise prevented it from reaching its full potential.
The GameCube was also great, and its first party catalog remains one of the best in Nintendo’s history, but the PS4 edges it out as the only true right answer to the poll.

I'm not a big fan of the Gamecube myself, but it did have some very well liked exclusives, and it was both powerful and cheap.

Im honestly surprised the Gamecube is doing that well in the poll.

Edited for not being able to read.

Game Cube is getting unfair amount of flack in this thread. It was great system, cheap and with many great games between first and third parties (it has the best versions of third parties in that gen)

I never owned one, but I have played many of its games either on PS2 or thanks to emulation and in retrospect I think it was a very good system. Metroid Prime, Fire Emblem Path of Radiance, Zelda Wind Waker, Viewtiful Joe, Resident Evil 4, Soul Calibur 2, Resident Evil remake (the best version of RE1 imo), Price of Persia Sand of Time, Ikaruga, Eternal Darkness, Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes...

It was an all around solid line up. Maybe not enough to beat the volume of PS4 but certainly a system that hold its own ground, deserved to sell much better than what it sold

If you forget the Series, all the choices in the poll can be solid choices for anyone here ...

It's just the PS4 kinda have them beat on the sheer volume of it's library (with quality releases I'd add).

How is the GC equal with the PS4 in the poll? It's bulls***. The PS4 has a much better library and is the better all around console. GC has like only a dozen of great games because it suffered from 3rd party support. I remember the GC had long periods of no new games. PS4 is still getting quality games after over a decade

Dreamcast is so weirdly overrated. I've owned one with around 30 games. Dreamcast's library doesn't have a single game that is largely considered "one of the greatest of all time", and the library on the whole is tiny, because the console didn't last long. Next to some solid Arcade ports, Its most relevant/iconic games were Soul Calibur (a relatively unpopular series. PS2 had Soul Calibur 2 and 3 which are arguably superior, but no wow-factor), Shenmue (Awesome in some ways for its time, but certainly not an all-time great, and aged very poorly), and Sonic Adventure (Meh. Cool for its time and I liked it for what it was, aged terribly).

GameCube has a larger library that includes a number of truly great games more recognised than anything on Dreamcast. RE1 Remake, RE4, Metroid Prime 1 and 2, Zelda WW and TP, SSBM, and tons of gen 6 multiplatform releases. Nintendo also didn't forget to include a second analog stick to its controller...

Xbox Series has a massive library of solid games. But two other options exist (PC and PS5) that make it super redundant. It's hard to evaluate it fairly.

PS4 is in a league of its own. It's basically a Series XS, but with a much bigger library of games and lots of generational exclusives. It did become redundant over time, but that's the natural course of modern consoles. PS5 and Switch 2 both make their predecessors useless.

Some of PS4's best games (original, no ports):
Bloodborne, God of War, Uncharted 4, Astro Bot Rescue Mission, TLoU2, Ghost of Tsushima, Elden Ring, Dark Souls 3, Sekiro, Red Dead Redemption 2, all modern Resident Evil games, Persona 5, NieR Automata, The Witcher 3, and pretty much 99% of cool and relevant 3rd party games. Though like Xbox (but to a smaller extent), the existence of PC hurts its value as a must-have game system. If you are a PC gamer first, modern Playstation systems just aren't all that great.