IGN's top 25 consoles of all time [Completed listing]

[gRiM_rEaPeRsco]

why is the ps3 so low?

 

[Crowser]

I'm betting on SNES for #1. I was going for N64 but alas, no cigar.

 

[Sydi]

As much as I hate to admit it, but the Wii should be the highest of the current generation. It's brought gaming into the mainstream in a way few consoles have ever managed. Despite its comparatively low power, its sales are far higher than the other two options.

It's also startling to see how few people know of gaming history before the PSX came out.

 

[You_have_a_name]

this list make no sense because if it was based on power and performance then the ps3 and 360 would be top but if its based on sales the the wii has got to be top or mabey second after ps2

 

[Unit Alpha]

PS2 probably gonna be #2, N64 might be #1.

 

[Sydi]

If you'd read the updated OP, you'd know that N64 has already been used in the list.

 

[fenrizz]

I think the list would have been better if the didn't have the current generation of consoles on there. Their full potential hasn't been reached, nor can anyone acurately say what their true influence on the industry is.

Regarding the actual list, while the XBOX 360 probably should be the highest ranked on the newer consoles, its placing is too high. There is no way that it should rank higher then the PS1.

I agree with this.
I don't see any reason that the 360 should be higher thatn the PSX, I mean come on...
It dethroned Nintendo, it introduced 3D gaming, and as they said, it launched many, many huge franchises that are going strong even today.

Hell, I don't think that current gen consoles should even be on the list.

I still think the PS2 should reign supreme, if only for it's insanely massive sales figures.

 

[Kaboose the Moose]

We now have a winner!.

The NES has beaten everyone to take IGN's best console of all time award. A list I am sure in no way will be refuted by various fanboys and people claiming to be born before the invention of electricity.

Yay!!

 

[Iron Mal]

PS3 is really 15? Really? The first system to have Blu Ray and an Internet Browser powered by Java is only at 15? Fucking bullshit.

Considering IGN's biased bullshit in the past I shouldn't be surprised.

I also won't be surprised when they name the 360 the best console ever. I'll be pissed, but not surprised

Blu Ray is basically a minor improvement on game consoles posessing built in DVD players (something we first saw in the PS2 I believe) and so it isn't that revolutionary and the capacity to go online has been around since the Xbox and PS2 as well (you couldn't use Java or internet explorer etc. but who honestly uses their console for looking at websites? Isn;t that what we have computers and laptops for?).

The PS3 had a lot of advanced technology and good graphics but it wasn't too innovitive or original (it just brought improvements to what we already had).

That'll be the reason why it didn't come too high on the list (although 15 out of 25 isn't too bad).

Seeing as most people who play games know at least one person who owns a 360 I would say that it has a legitimate and unbiased reason for being seen as more influencial as far as gaming history goes (which is what they're looking at).

I'm not suprised that the NES made it to the top (although I was more of a Megadrive guy myself).

 

[Nazulu]

FUCK YEAH! NES and Atari dominate all!

 

[Nazulu]

this list make no sense because if it was based on power and performance then the ps3 and 360 would be top but if its based on sales the the wii has got to be top or mabey second after ps2

Well maybe it is based on the most original and greatest game line-up which I believe NES has.

 

[Dragonearl]

I didn't say they got "ass raped" I just don't think it should be that low. 360 has done absolute dick to revolutionize gaming and PS3 has done at least a little bit better. And the reason why I think its better than 360 is because its better hardware, better games, and better graphics. You can ***** all you want, but its true. 360 hasn't done anything to revolutionize gaming, their systems failure rate is absolutely ridiculous, and they have (at least in my opinion) crappy exclusives (which you can still get on PS3 or PC)

And, for the record, I didn't [i/]buy[/i] 9 360's. I paid for 2 of them and the rest were free replacments because they were still luckily in warranty. I still had to wait for a fucking month for it to get back though.

At this point we should just agree to disagree.

You have your view, and I agree with it to some extent. Namely hardware wise the PS3 is better than the 360. However, the 360 basically revolutionized online play with Xbox live and it's exclusives are far better than anything the PS3 has (which isn't much to begin with). Also, the 360 exclusives are only available to the 360, and a few of that are available for the PC. I do not know of any 360 exclusive that has ever been made available for the PS3 as of yet.

As for the 360 failure rate..well that's greatly exaggerated by PS3 fan boys but I think you already knew that.

 

[infinisynth]

Atari 2600 sux but I understand that it was a pioneering console. Playstation was better than PS2. But NES does deserve 1st.

 

[munx13]

XBOX 360 is higher then PS1 and Dreamcast?!?!



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EDIT: I thin that current generation consoles should have been excluded

 

[smashybashy]

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOW IF THE WII ABOVE THE GAMECUBE, XBOX, AND THE PS3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sydi]

Eloquently put.

 

[Julianking93]

I didn't say they got "ass raped" I just don't think it should be that low. 360 has done absolute dick to revolutionize gaming and PS3 has done at least a little bit better. And the reason why I think its better than 360 is because its better hardware, better games, and better graphics. You can ***** all you want, but its true. 360 hasn't done anything to revolutionize gaming, their systems failure rate is absolutely ridiculous, and they have (at least in my opinion) crappy exclusives (which you can still get on PS3 or PC)

And, for the record, I didn't [i/]buy[/i] 9 360's. I paid for 2 of them and the rest were free replacments because they were still luckily in warranty. I still had to wait for a fucking month for it to get back though.

At this point we should just agree to disagree.

You have your view, and I agree with it to some extent. Namely hardware wise the PS3 is better than the 360. However, the 360 basically revolutionized online play with Xbox live and it's exclusives are far better than anything the PS3 has (which isn't much to begin with). Also, the 360 exclusives are only available to the 360, and a few of that are available for the PC. I do not know of any 360 exclusive that has ever been made available for the PS3 as of yet.

As for the 360 failure rate..well that's greatly exaggerated by PS3 fan boys but I think you already knew that.

You're the first person to actually act rationally to this. I do have my view and that is PS3 is better, you have your's and that is 360's better, its your opinion, I know I can't change that so I'm not going to.

But as for the part about exclusives, almost all 360 exclusives are on PC and to name a game that's been proted to PS3 that was originally a 360 exclusive; Bioshock.

And the 360 failure rate has not been exaggerated. Its been confirmed that its 54.6% The console is good, I like the idea of a 360. I enjoy Gears of War (which I can get on PC) but that's the only exclusive I like. But the console it self is shit. The hard ware sucks, you can't deny that.

And, on a side note, why the fuck is the Wii at number 10????!!!

 

[Spaceman_Spiff]

The Atari 2600? Really?

 

[MiracleOfSound]

The top 3 were spot on.

They were all hugely pioneering and advanced at thier time.

Surprised the N64 didn't rate higher though.