@carl

no I still believe PS2/SNES deserved that spot

PS2 STILL outsells the nex-gen HD systems (last quarter shipping) & expanded the gaming market to countries never seen before

This list is a giant troll.

It's done nothing but stir up controversy. I have yet to understand what the criteria is for this list. At one point, I thought it might be about innovation, then I thought it might be about actual games and content, then I thought it was the influence each console had. With everything said and done, no particular rule for why a console outpaced another is clear.

Some people will agree with this list and others will disagree. But at the end of the day, everyone can admit that this has become nothing more than a giant troll.

I think IGN got the top 3. The PS2, Atari 2600 and NES all dominated their eras -- in terms of sales and game selection (with the exceptions of Nintendo-games and Halo for the PS2).

By the way, did anyone notice that the Atari 2600 games stacked in the video were homebrew recent releases and NOT games that were done during the original classic era.

Mike from Morgantown

Without the 2600 there wouldn't be a PS2.

Also how many 2600 games have you played?  It's actually a lot closer then you'd expect when you've got a LOT of classics in their true old timey glory.

1. Ur misunderstanding. It's all relative to it's time. Even if 2600 didnt have as many games as PS360, it was huge for it's time to be able to play any decent games in ur own home.

2. No, but some youngsters have a harder time judging the importance of past events, since they wasnt there.

@kas

without a PS1 there wouldn't be an xbox 360 or PS2

so should it be ranked higher than them?

according to your logic yes

Why wouldn't there have been a PS2 or 360?

Sure there would of been.  They just wouldn't of been made by Sony or Microsoft.

They would of had different names.  The Sega Dreamcast could of just as eaisly took on the role the PS2 took on had the PS2 not existed.

With no 2600 we'd all be playing computer games.

the market won't have grown that much

SEGA would still be there

Micrsoft entered BECAUSE PLAYSTATION was dominating

so why is PS1 below them?

Because it didn't have Halo, Morrowind or Fable.

Why wouldn't the market have grown that much?

What did the PS2 do that expanded the market?

Can you even name one thing?

I doubt it.  It didn't do anything except be the most popular system at the right time.

The market would of expanded just as much.  Dreamcast or Gamecube would of cahsed in... and inevidably a third console would of eventually came in as well.  Online was a HUGE feature of the Dreamcast... and if the Dreamcast took off it would of made the 360's "big changes" pointless because the Dreamcast already had that... at launch.

The 360 and PS2 didn't bring anything new to the table that wouldn't of been added on anyway.  They didn't disrupt the scene in any way and bring in something new.

For all it's accomplishments the PS2 was nothing more then a PS1 that was upgraded technically.