Best console of every generation poll

[substantial_snake]

I find the thread title here misleading, if you wanted everyone's favorite consoles the thread title should of said Favorite Consoles and not Best Consoles. Judging which consoles are best is pretty easy based on sales alone but favorites are all up to the individual. (yeah I am being a bit of a stickler but whatever lol)

Doesn't seem fair to add my voice to generations I had no experience with so Ill skip the first couple of options.

Third Gen Game Console
Sega Master System

Fourth Gen Game Console
Sega Genesis/MegaDrive (Why split up Sega CD and 32X?)

Fifth Gen Game Console
Sony Playstation

Sixth Gen Game Console
Sony Playstation 2

Seventh Gen Game Console
Sony Playstation 3 (special mentions to the PSP and Nintendo DS)

How exactly was the Genesis "cool," let alone cooler than Nintendo?

Well their are several things:
-Underdog Factor against the largely dominate Nintendo
-Violent Games that Nintendo Largely shunned or heavily modified
-Blast Processing
-Streets of Rage
-Sonic = Mascot with a 90's in-your-face attitude
-It did what Nintendidn't

In all seriousness your not going to get a straight answer, its all totally subjective fanboy bullshit at this point. I will say as a child of the nineties it did feel "cooler" then Nintendo largely due to great add campaigns at that time period. None of it really matters now but back then if I had to pick a cooler console the Genesis would win hands down. lol

[theredlineboss]

There are a lot of systems that I enjoy, but if I had to choose favorites:

1: Atari Pong
2: Hard choice between the 2600, INTV, and CV, but I settled on the Colecovision.
3: NES
4: Genesis
5: PS1
6: Xbox
7: Xbox 360

-Rob

[The 1 2 P]

How exactly was the Genesis "cool," let alone cooler than Nintendo?

Back then Sonic was cooler than Mario. There are other reasons but thats the only reason I need.

[Ryudo]

Third Gen Game Console
NES
Fourth Gen Game Console
TurboGrafx16
Fifth Gen Game Console
Sega Saturn
Sixth Gen Game Console
Sega Dreamcast
Seventh Gen Game Console
Nintendo DS & PSP(don't care much for this gen in consoles..to much shitty FPS and DLC and dumb useless bullshit & gimmicks...90's kicked 2000's butt)

[Gameguy]

How exactly was the Genesis "cool," let alone cooler than Nintendo?

[G-Boobie]

1st Gen: Pong, yo.

2nd Gen: Atari 2600.

3rd Gen: The NES.

4th Gen: SNES. Zelda, Super Mario World, and Street Fighter II.

5th Gen: PS1.

6th Gen: PS2.

7th Gen: I stopped caring. I own and use both. I've gone through fewer PS3 consoles than I have 360s, so that's worth considering.

[Oobgarm]

2nd Gen
Atari 2600

3rd Gen
NES

4th Gen
SNES

5th Gen
PSX

6th Gen
PS2

7th Gen
Xbox 360

[Emperor Megas]

2nd Gen: Vectrex

3rd Gen: SEGA Master System

4th Gen: TurboDuo

5th Gen: Saturn

6th Gen: PlayStation2 This was the toughest one to choice for me. I really loved all of the consoles of that generation. PS2 wins on volume alone.

7th Gen: Xbox 360 This generation is the easiest to call. It's really not even close.

[kupomogli]

7th Gen: Xbox 360 This generation is the easiest to call. It's really not even close.

I know right. So why is the 360 your favorite when the PS3 is the best?

[Lerxstnj]

Favorite 1st Gen Console?
Coleco Telstar Pong

Favorite 2nd Gen Console?
Colecovision

Favorite 3rd Gen Console?
(I assume this is NES, SMS & Atari 7800) never played any of those, If C64 counts (really a computer and not a console), I choose that.

Favorite 4th Gen Console?
Sega Genesis

Favorite 5th Gen Console?
Playstation

Favorite 6th Gen Console?
Dreamcast

Favorite 7th Gen Console?
XBOX 360

[Emperor Megas]

I know right. So why is the 360 your favorite when the PS3 is the best?

Please; I only use my PS3 to play PS2 games. I'm really not a fan of the DS3 controller (I've always hated PlayStation controllers), especially compared to the 360 controller, which means 90% of cross platform games I get for the 360. There are more exclusives I care about on the 360 than the PS3 as well. It doesn't help that my original fat PS3 is a hideous, high gloss eyesore, not unlike the equally atrocious new glossy slim 360s. Honestly, PS3 is my number 3 pick for this generation.

[Ludwig]

Favorite 1st Gen Console?
Favorite 5th Gen Console?
Nintendo 64

How do you justify that choice?

#1 No opinion
#2 CV - It's just a lot of fun, even though the 2600 is the most influential it's not my favorite, and the do i have to remind you about ET and pacman?
#3 Nes - no comment needed.
#4 SNES - It's like the Nes just better!
#5 PSX - It was a Playroom revolution.
#6 NGC - It also plays GB, GBC and GBA stuff, and i find the rest of the choices somewhat boring, aside from the XBox which i personally hated though.
#7 No opinion yet, ask me in 2 years.

[tom]

The polls are asking for people's favorites. People are entitled to deciding on their favorites in any way they wish. Even if they have very little experience, people are likely to have a preference, and those preferences may change over time, with or without additional experience, and there's nothing wrong with that. It's a matter of expressing an opinion, not of stating a fact (which can't exist on this subject anyway, since there's no objective "best").

Yeah his title threw me a little bit, he didn't ask for the 'best', just 'favourite':

1st: Atari Pong
2nd: Atari VCS 2600
3rd: Atari 5200 Supersystem
4th: Atari 7800 Pro System
5th: Atari Lynx
6th: Atari XEGS
7th: Atari Lynx
8th: Atari Jaguar

Atari defined generations, others followed.

[Sunnyvale]

Yeah his title threw me a little bit, he didn't ask for the 'best', just 'favourite':

1st: Atari Pong
2nd: Atari VCS 2600
3rd: Atari 5200 Supersystem
4th: Atari 7800 Pro System
5th: Atari Lynx
6th: Atari XEGS
7th: Atari Lynx
8th: Atari Jaguar

Atari defined generations, others followed.

Tom, I love me some Atari, but damn!

[RPG_Fanatic]

Second Gen Game Console
Atari 2600

Third Gen Game Console
NES

Forth Gen Game Console
SNES

Fifth Gen Game Console
PSone

Sixth Gen Game Console
PStwo

Seventh Gen Game Console
Xbox 360

[jammajup]

Favorite 1st Gen Console?
N/A
I have little knowledge of these machines.(Before my time)

Favorite 2nd Gen Console?
Atari 2600

Favorite 3rd Gen Console?
NES

Favorite 4th Gen Console?
Sega Genesis/MD

Favorite 5th Gen Console?
Playstation

Favorite 6th Gen Console?
N/A
Had a Dreamcast and then a GC but became disheartened and gave up with consoles after
this and completely missed the rest of this era (ps2/xbox) until current gen consoles.

Favorite 7th Gen Console?
PS3
I got rid of my current gen consoles nearly 2 years ago and are mostly a retro gamer now but i prefer the PS3 as a machine,its a pity Sony themselves are very sloppy.

[TurboGenesis]

Favorite 1st Gen Console? Pong (IF I had played an Odyssey, it may be my favorite…)

Favorite 2nd Gen Console? Atari 5200 (for a close 2nd place, Colecovision and Vectrex are tied, but the 5200/CV/Vectrex trio is an amazing combination and complement each other so well!)

Favorite 3rd Gen Console? (tie) NES and Sega Master System - I cannot pick one, I LOVE them both!

Favorite 4th Gen Console? Turbo Grafx-16/Duo

Favorite 5th Gen Console? Saturn (PSX is a very close 2nd, slightly edged by the Saturn)

Favorite 6th Gen Console? PS2 (with Dreamcast at a very close 2nd)

Favorite 7th Gen Console? Xbox 360

[YoshiM]

1st Gen: Didn't really play anything from then until way later.

2nd Gen: Atari 2600

3rd Gen: NES

4th Gen: Genesis

5th Gen: N64

6th Gen: Xbox, even though I started out hating it.

7th Gen: Don't rightly know. I want to tip my hat to the 360 but had some pretty good experiences on the Wii and PS3.

[thom_m]

Favorite 1st Gen Console?
"Philco Telejogo", a Pong machine which is regarded as the 1st videogame sold in Brazil; I only played way after its time, but it was actually fun.

Favorite 2nd Gen Console?
Atari 2600 (Intellivision takes 2nd place)

Favorite 3rd Gen Console?
NES

Favorite 4th Gen Console?
Mega Drive

Favorite 5th Gen Console?
PSX

Favorite 6th Gen Console?
PS2 (with the Dreamcast at close 2nd)

Favorite 7th Gen Console?
Wii

[Paet]

I know right. So why is the 360 your favorite when the PS3 is the best?

Because 360 is a better gaming experience thanks to Xbox Live.