The final five? That's easy! - Tory, Anders, Tigh.....ah frak, wrong final five...Skarin said:
I'm gonna say the Dreamcast will be up in there. Certainly the N64 and the PS2. Not sure about the others.
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I'm gonna say the Dreamcast will be up in there. Certainly the N64 and the PS2. Not sure about the others.
This will start trouble, the PS3 has been rated below the original Xbox, let alone the 360.
Although, that said, I'd expect the PS2 to win overall. As successful as Nintendo's back catalogue of consoles are, I don't think anything else lasted as long with as many highly-praised games as the PS2.
I'm also pretty bummed that the Gamecube is rated so low. I know it didn't sell particularly well, especially in the shadow of the PS2, but it had a lot of good games on it.
Please note, I'm not trying to be biast to the PS2, but I realise that what I've written sounds a lot like it. Personally, my favourite console is the PSone, because that's where Oddworld started making games.
Although, that said, I'd expect the PS2 to win overall. As successful as Nintendo's back catalogue of consoles are, I don't think anything else lasted as long with as many highly-praised games as the PS2.
I'm also pretty bummed that the Gamecube is rated so low. I know it didn't sell particularly well, especially in the shadow of the PS2, but it had a lot of good games on it.
Please note, I'm not trying to be biast to the PS2, but I realise that what I've written sounds a lot like it. Personally, my favourite console is the PSone, because that's where Oddworld started making games.
Playstation 2 will win, followed by the SNES, the Gameboy, the Dreamcast, and the 360. That's my prediction, anyhow.
Yes, I would. I know its not really "infuluential" (mainly because its in this gen of consoles) but I don't know of anything that was influenced by Intellivision.Spicy meatball said:
In my opinion, it should be in the top 10 or so. At least higher than the fucking xbox.
I love the PS3, but I dont even think it should be at number 1. SNES or PS1 will probably end up as number one just because they were the most infuluentialAceDiamond said:
At least I base my biased opinion on what has actually happened to me. IGN just does it because Microsoft probably pays them a lot of money to give them better reviews.bigorexia said:
I went through 9 fucking 360s. 1 PS3 and I only had to buy another one because the fist was stolen. I believe I have the right at this point to be biased
Yeah, to those of you that think a current system should be first...you have an age bias because you obviously were not around when the other systems were popular. The top systems will most likely include NES, SNES, N64, and possibly Atari 2600, PS, PS2, or one of the Commodores.
The reason why Intellivision beat the PS3 is, according to the site:Julianking93 said:
Granted these may be pitiful things next to the Blue-ray utilizing, CELL processor powered, PS3 but none of the PS3 advances created a market stir (or the units would be selling more and there would more exclusives for it). Intellivision on the other hand, at its time, managed to go head to head with the Atari 2600 (the PS3 of its time)..it failed yes, but it served a hell of a lot more people than the PS3 is right now. All that PS3 did do thus far is bring about blue ray..which is brilliant, but how many people are clamoring for a blue ray player now?.
Yeah, I didn't think so either. The PS3 is a good console but it will be better given time. It's still young, for now it's place 15 and justly so. Maybe in 10 years....
/raises fanboy shields
I'd like to see your 9 receipts for repairs. It's PS3 fanboys like you that love to point out the problems with the 360, exaggerations like this are just furthering the cause. Yes it was rushed to market early and came with problems, but the latest generation has a failure rate of less than 1%. I've had one failure with the previous generation, but I never paid to have it repaired/replaced, they just sent me a new one within a week.Julianking93 said:
Like many previous posters have stated, PS3 has done nothing to 'revolutionize' or 'innovate' in the industry. They can't even decide what kind of controller they want to give you.
My vote for #1 all time is PS1. It was the driving force behind the disc-based games movement and had a plethora of franchises that either got their start there or had their best efforts there, like Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid, Twisted Metal Final Fantasy, Gran Turismo. It also had one of the longest production runs of any console, going 11 years in total, and was one of the first consoles to employ vibration and joysticks in their controllers.
#2 has to be NES... resurrected home gaming and showed that games didn't have to be ports of arcade titles.
I think the 360, Wii and Dreamcast will fall somewhere between 6-10, with SNES and N64 in the top 5 as well, but I can't think of any other consoles. Game Boy, DS and PSP are NOT CONSOLES people, so I don't expect them to be in the list.
Further to my PS1 for #1 argument, it also showed us that games could be for teenagers and adults, not just kids. It also showed us that gaming is about GAMES, not hardware. This is why the PS1 beat the N64, even though the 64 was a superior machine. The PS2 beat the original Xbox, even though it was a superior machine, and now, the 360 is beating the PS3, even though the PS3 is the superior machine, simply because the games are better, and the community is better.
I find it odd that Sony, above everyone else would forget that it's all about the games.... Sony's major problem now is that they invented Blu-Ray, and felt obligated to throw it in to the PS3, efffectively spreading themselves out too thin. The developers now feel obligated to use the Blu-Ray technology and the extra space, as well as take advantage of the processor, so any PS3 exclusive title takes way longer to make and costs more money. This is what is scaring development houses away from making games for PS3.
Cross-party games don't use the Blu-Ray format... so if you're playing Call of Duty it's the same thing on both systems. Most PS3 games don't even come on Blu-Ray discs. Sony has effectively shot themselves in the foot by alienating the very people who made them what they are today.... the developers...
I find it odd that Sony, above everyone else would forget that it's all about the games.... Sony's major problem now is that they invented Blu-Ray, and felt obligated to throw it in to the PS3, efffectively spreading themselves out too thin. The developers now feel obligated to use the Blu-Ray technology and the extra space, as well as take advantage of the processor, so any PS3 exclusive title takes way longer to make and costs more money. This is what is scaring development houses away from making games for PS3.
Cross-party games don't use the Blu-Ray format... so if you're playing Call of Duty it's the same thing on both systems. Most PS3 games don't even come on Blu-Ray discs. Sony has effectively shot themselves in the foot by alienating the very people who made them what they are today.... the developers...
