retroking1981 wrote:

At the risk of irrational arguments I'll post this here and see how it goes down:

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/12/guide_every_nintendo_console_ranked_from_worst_to_best

1. Switch
2. SNES
3. GC
4. N64
5. 3DS
6. Wii U
7. DS
8. Wii
9. GBA
10. GB
11. NES
12. GBC
13. VB

Something there's little chance on any of us agreeing on but you know how we love to argue over a good old list. Bit odd putting Switch at the top already.

Sod it, I'm bored at work:

1. SNES
2. NES
3. N64
4. 3DS
5. Wii
6. Wii U
7. GC
8. DS
9. GB
10. GBA
11. GBC
12. VB

and whilst I'm at it:

Sega:
1. MD
2. MS
3. DC
4. Saturn
5. MCD
6. GG
7. 32X

Sony:
1. 3
2. One
3. 2
4. PSP
5. Vita

Atari:
1. VCS
2. Jag
3. Lynx
4. 7800
5. 5200

MS:
1. XBOX
2. 360
3. One

Not sure on PS4 or Switch yet.

Is it now? I've got it on all three formats. It was just too glorious on that 16:9 psp screen. And somehow have two PS2 copies.

OG Xbox though. First game was JSRF, and being a huge (and at that time bitter) DC fan meant I was hooked from the get go. UNDERSTAND! UNDERSTAND!

I’d put the GBA SP at number one. The final form of the GBA, and the moment Ninty perfected it.

Time splitters 2 was great four player on the GC

1. SNES - such a variety of games and also huge 3rd party support
2. 3DS - so many creative new games and also the quality of graphics were such a step up from the ds. Some of the best in series on this machine (MK7/Ocarina/LTTP 2 etc)
3. N64 - Games which are still brilliant now (Ocarina/Goldeneye/ISS2000)
4. Switch - BoTW probably best game i've played ever, decent mazza games, love it's portability - has replaced my 3ds
5. GB -  huge catalogue, amazing playable games to make up for the graphical capabilities
6. DSLite - great library of games, the lite was a perfect machine by then. Had games like ouendan which put it above the GBA for me. 
7. Wii U - Only because i've so many good memories of playing it with my daughter
8. GC - Sytem of my uni days, only really played Time Splitters 2, MKDD and sunshine
9. GBA - poor handware till the later versions but huge catalogue of games and third party esp rpgs like the snes
10. Wii - owned it late, many of the directions the games in franchises went I wasn't a fan but I do recognise it's appeal
11. NES - decent machine but games were so hard back then  
12. GC - waste of time
13. VB - waste of space (albeit good resale value)

og DS was ugly!

You people are mad, GC was awesome.

I assume he meant GBC, which is largely a waste of time (and batteries).

To be fair other than the SNES the Wii U has been the only console I've really got on with. There were some good games for the GC but owning an Xbox at the time meant that most of the multiplats were better and I could get bootlegs from Gray Mare Lane Market!

Still, Winning Eleven 6 on my GC was probably my most played game ever back then

Wii U has arguably the best 1st/2nd party lineup of any of their consoles.

ChopperByrne wrote:

Wii U has arguably the best 1st/2nd party lineup of any of their consoles.

You could argue that, but you'd be wrong.

Oh, and "why is system X so low on list Y?" comes down to the fundamental problem of lists. Nintendo's hardware releases have (again, IMHO YMMV) in general been excellent, but something has to come at the bottom of the list. There are bands who've released nothing but albums that I like, but if I was to put them in a list, at least one album I like would have to be rated "worst".

If we're consigning systems to Room 101, I'd put the PS3 in before the 360. Yes there are some interesting exclusives on the PS3, but binning the 360 means binning Halo 3, and for me that's up there with Ocarina of Time and Metroid Prime. To dispose of that would be sacrilege.

Blue Swirl wrote:

let's be honest, the PS3 was an overpriced omnishambles.

IMHO, YMMV.

Like you say opinions and all but my reason is...

360 was well on the way to being in my top 5 ever consoles but 3 RRoD's within a year layed waste to that.

After that my PS3, which up until that point I only had MGS4, Uncharted and Motorstorm on as far as I remember took over big style.

This coincided with the slim launch, which was more of a re-release of the system than a mere new model, and a huge reason why it became an eventual success.

After that I think the only 360 game I got was a Halo or two before Bungie jumped ship, which I subconsciously did not long after.

All those great third party games I wanted that gen were all on PS3 along with all the great exclusives.

Now I find myself firmly in camp Sony despite having little love for the all conquering PS2 in face of the original XBOX.

So yeah, basically I get the impression anyone who doesn't love the PS3 loved the 360 instead. Makes sense as they're depressingly similar imo, you only really need one. A far cry from the PS2/XBOX days let alone the awesomeness of the 90s.

On that note I'm still waiting for MS to give me a reason to by an XOne. Sadly it looks like it'll be the first time I've passed on a mainstream console.

AJ wrote:

I think there's a difference between what's best at the time and what's better years down the line. For example, at the time I'd put 360 above PS3 without hesitation. But if I now had to get rid of one of them, it'd be the 360 as it's got more things I want but can't get elsewhere: Ico HD, Noby Noby Boy, the proper version of Journey...

Perfectly put, and I think the best way to judge these systems is 'at the time'.

Otherwise it's an easy win for Wii, and we'd all rather have a Virtual Boy than a PSone which is obviously BS.

Systems should only be judge on their own library.

Something that might be of interest to Davy:

Issue 4, Page 30