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Forums - Gaming - Top 15 Consoles of All Time - Much better list then IGN

Kantor on 07 September 2009
dunno001 said:
Wow, this list is even worse than IGN's list! People have already summed up why the list is full of fail, so instead I offer my list instead:

15. Gamecube (psuedo-portable)
14. Game Boy Advance (update with 100% backward compatibilty)
13. XBox 360 (first to do HD on consoles) [tentative rank for current system]
12. PS2 (most successful, 1st to use DVD)
11. Wii (expansion to non-gamers) [tentative rank for current system]
10. Game Gear (first successful color handheld)
9. Vectrex (first home console ever)
8. Atari 2600 (switchable cartridges, difficulties)
7. Genesis (successfully making a 2 system market, 3rd action button)
6. Dreamcast (first with success online, VMU screen)
5. DS (2 screen portables, integrating a touch screen)
4. Game Boy (first portable)
3. NES (revived market, scrolling screens)
2. PS1 (portable saves, 1st disc-base to succeed)
1. SNES (top controller buttons, 6 action buttons, first to merge console and portables)

Your list measures innovation. Not quality.

EDIT: Also, the PS2 expanded the market a LOT more than the Wii.



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Final-Fan on 07 September 2009

^ It's too early to judge how much the market is expanding this gen, isn't it?



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SmokedHostage on 07 September 2009

Gil is just butthurt that the PS2 wasn't #1 on IGN's list.



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SimonSaysFYou on 07 September 2009

Lol, nice lineup. I bet this guy was just trolling : P



forest-spirit on 07 September 2009
Kantor said:
dunno001 said:
Wow, this list is even worse than IGN's list! People have already summed up why the list is full of fail, so instead I offer my list instead:

15. Gamecube (psuedo-portable)
14. Game Boy Advance (update with 100% backward compatibilty)
13. XBox 360 (first to do HD on consoles) [tentative rank for current system]
12. PS2 (most successful, 1st to use DVD)
11. Wii (expansion to non-gamers) [tentative rank for current system]
10. Game Gear (first successful color handheld)
9. Vectrex (first home console ever)
8. Atari 2600 (switchable cartridges, difficulties)
7. Genesis (successfully making a 2 system market, 3rd action button)
6. Dreamcast (first with success online, VMU screen)
5. DS (2 screen portables, integrating a touch screen)
4. Game Boy (first portable)
3. NES (revived market, scrolling screens)
2. PS1 (portable saves, 1st disc-base to succeed)
1. SNES (top controller buttons, 6 action buttons, first to merge console and portables)

Your list measures innovation. Not quality.

EDIT: Also, the PS2 expanded the market a LOT more than the Wii.

Maybe that's quality in his eyes?



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Gilgamesh on 07 September 2009
SmokedHostage said:
Gil is just butthurt that the PS2 wasn't #1 on IGN's list.

Not just the PS2, but the entire list was just insane. Seems like they just randomly picked consoles out of a hat.

But don't get me wrong the NES does deserve to be up there, IMO number 2 seems likethe perfect place for it.



dtewi on 07 September 2009
Gilgamesh said:
SmokedHostage said:
Gil is just butthurt that the PS2 wasn't #1 on IGN's list.

Not just the PS2, but the entire list was just insane. Seems like they just randomly picked consoles out of a hat.

But don't get me wrong the NES does deserve to be up there, IMO number 2 seems likethe perfect place for it.

Accurately explain your reasoning.

NES started a multitude of AAA game franchises and saved gaming from its downspiral.

PS2 had... a DVD player. And a multitude of AAA games.

By cancelling the games out, which do you think is more important, a DVD drive, or saving gaming from its eternal tailspin of doom?

 



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KungKras on 07 September 2009

That list was worse.

PS2 before the Super Nintendo?

PSP Before the DS?

DS before the gamecube?

no..... just no



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Gilgamesh on 07 September 2009
dtewi said:
Gilgamesh said:
SmokedHostage said:
Gil is just butthurt that the PS2 wasn't #1 on IGN's list.

Not just the PS2, but the entire list was just insane. Seems like they just randomly picked consoles out of a hat.

But don't get me wrong the NES does deserve to be up there, IMO number 2 seems likethe perfect place for it.

Accurately explain your reasoning.

NES started a multitude of AAA game franchises and saved gaming from its downspiral.

PS2 had... a DVD player. And a multitude of AAA games.

By cancelling the games out, which do you think is more important, a DVD drive, or saving gaming from its eternal tailspin of doom?

 

That's why I believe it deserves number 2, sure it revived the video game industry and I thank it for that, but the PS2 widen the user base by so much. The way nintendo was pushing video games was not the direction I'd want it to be right now, they were clinging to the kids to much. The PS2 brought in a more serious mature gamers, and like you said had an onslaught of new AAA games (seriously how many more Mario games can a person play till they go insane).

I never really cared for the DVD player, I maybe used it a dozen times.



KungKras on 07 September 2009

^The NES expanded gaming from about zero to +60M

The PS2 has so far sold about 50% more than the PS1

It's no contest.

(Also, there are many people, like me who need their new Mario games every now and then to NOT go insane)



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