System of the year?

[stuffedmonkey]

Joystiq is running a poll on which system had the best year for 2005. I was happy to see the DS getting a lot of love :)

http://www.joystiq.com/entry/1234000560072321/

[Johnny_Rock]

Personaly i think its the PS2 just for Monster Hunter. Also God of War, Shadow Of the Colossus, Guitar Hero, Dragon Quest VIII.

The inner fanboy in me wants to say the 360 but i repess that with heavy drinking.

[njiska]

I second the DS. I love my 360, i love Shadow and god of war on my PS2 and i love RE4 and Killer 7 on my GC, but all in all the most impressive system has been the DS

With hits like:

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
Mario kart DS
Animal Crossing
Nintendogs
Meteos
Kirby's Canvase Curse
Sonic Rush

and amazing titles like:

Pheonix Wright
Trauma Centre
Nanostray
Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble

Even the less succesful but stil innovative games like:

Trace Memory
Lost in Blue

The DS has had one of the best years a system can have and it should be a shoe in.

[DonMarco]

Much like Robin Hood, my GP2X slightly circumvents the law to make me love the more simple joys of gaming. Why pay $29.99 for the Final Fantasy IV remake when I can just play the ROM?

(I own the actual cart)

(...and can play it at a higher resolution with nothing tainted by the contaminated imagination of new school Squeenix. The emulators can't exactly "handle" it, but I hear there's slowdown in the GBA battles some times, so they're even.)

[philosophyst]

DS, no question.

[oesiii]

I'm on my DS almost every day, can't say that about any other system this year.

I like the one responder in the comments section of that article who says that Gameboys and the DS are too kiddy and beneath him so he'll stick it out with the PSP's limited games right now, what a gamer :roll:

[poe]

I've played my PS2 most, but I'd still have to say the DS had the best year. March, the PSP launched with as many titles as the DS saw in the 5-6 months prior, plus the PSP was multi-function and easily modded. Now, the DS has kicked out a plethora of killer apps, plus a *very* accessible online infrastructure, even if it's not very robust. The PSP has become almost an oddity stacked up against the DS, unless you're talking about emulation (and I'm not counting movies, just because of how bad UMD is as a format compared to DVD).

[CYRiX]

I love my computer games like CSS.

[WanganRunner]

DS, no contest.

And I don't even own one!

That'll be rectified at xmas though, then I can catch up on all the year's releases at once. 8-)

[classicb]

the N-Gage LOL

no really its been a great year for those of us who have and enjoy the system.

Rifts: The old pen and paper game that no other video game system could get Nokia some how gets. x_x

High Sieze: A great Advance Wars style game with a better story with branching paths and online play :)

Catan: A great boardgame to videogame conversion by Capcom

System Rush: Tron meets F-Zero and good things happen

Pathway to Glory: Great online military strategy game

plus: Glimmerati, Asphalt 2, One, Mile High Pinball

I just wanted to point out that the N-Gage had some outstanding games come out this year but I would probably vote for the DS as well. The N-Gage did have more great games than the PSP this year.

[Cryomancer]

I think the N-Gage would be much more popular if an emulator existed, really. Everyone would go "o lol n-gage sucks i'll download it.....oh hey this is a fun game".

aka i want to try n-gage games and i have yet to be given the chance to play ANY.

[goatdan]

I think you'd have to go with the DS. The PS2 and Xbox both had solid years and the launch of the Xbox 360 is pretty impressive, but overall, the DS had the most to gain or lose this year. While it too it a long, long time to get there, the last four months have seen tons of very solid releases for it.

Next year, I think it will be up to the Xbox 360 or the PSP to make the most strides or to drop the ball.

[Icarus Moonsight]

DS no contest. There have been good showings but, the DS has justified it's existance this year. I say this despite even my own skepticism I had for the DS last year when it launched. Now if the PSP can pull down a sophomore year like the DS has I'd say it could justify it's existance also. Show us the games gumdarnit! lol

[classicb]

I love the DS but I'd also like to point out its had some of the very worst games to come out this year as well. People give the PS2 a hard time for all the garbage titles it has but the DS is right there as is the GBA.

[Lothars]

I am going to say it's a tie for me between the PS2 and the DS

They had both great years and amazing games came out for both systems, just a great year for gaming :)

[syd]

I'll have to go with a tie between the ps2 and ds as well. They both had great game released this year. As for the 360, meh, there isn't one game on that thing at the moment that would entice me to spend the amount of money that I could use to buy all 3 other game consoles for. LOL

[captain nintendo]

DS, hands down.

I have had many versions of the Gameboy over the years, and owned plenty of games for them, but it wasnt until I started playing my DS that I actually became a handheld fan!

[Mayhem]

Yep, have to agree, it's been a DS year.

[BenJahrvi]

Personally, I think it's the PS2, because of the revolutionary EyeToy camera.

[PS2Hawk]

Personaly i think its the PS2 just for Monster Hunter. Also God of War, Shadow Of the Colossus, Guitar Hero, Dragon Quest VIII.

The inner fanboy in me wants to say the 360 but i repess that with heavy drinking.

I totally agree, I was going to say PSP but the PSP just SLOWED down after the launch, I must say the launch was really impressive best launch from wat I have seen, but the DS has really solid games compared to the first 9 or so months where it sucked ass. On the home console I was going to say that the xbox360 really impressed me with xbox live marketplace by my xbox 360 is dead and MS's customer service is totaly shit.

But the developers really put effort into big games so I will say that the Ps2 had the best year in 2005.

[Cmtz]

The DS was the first system to make me go from "what the hell is that shit" to "Holy Crap! DS Rocks."

[unwinddesign]

PC. As far as I'm concerned, the DS is still a gimmick. I sold mine in the fall, and haven't regretted it at all. The touch screen just doesn't do it for me; nor do the dual screens. I can see why people enjoy it -- but Nintendo's handheld games have never really enticed me (besides Pokemon in 4th grade). I sold my PSP as well, seeing as how the design is complete bullshit. Seriously, why would they make the thing impossible to control? My thumb cramped after 10 minutes of play GTA. Err...wow, that sounds like fun.

The PS2 really cranked out some [supposedly] amazing titles this year, which I haven't really played. God of War was pretty over-rated in my opinion; it held my attention for about an hour, but not much more. The other heavy hitters -- Shadow of the Collossus, Guitar Hero and Dragon Quest VIII -- I did not get a chance to play.

GC rolled along with the same old Mario shit. Boring. RE: 4? Yes, from what I played it was good. A wee bastion of light amongst Mario Baseball and its bastard brothers though.

Xbox was pretty meh. Gearing up for 360 the whole year was pretty much the name of the game. Few exclusives.

The PC came out with my most played title -- Age of Empires III -- and a bunch of other pretty amazing stuff. F.E.A.R. is an excellent game, although I only played the demo. The list of titles that were released for it -- AAA titles -- is very lengthy.

[sabre2922]

PS2 by far

Dragon Quest 8, Shadow of the Collossus, GOD OF WAR and a great port of RE4 with extra content no doubt.

[djbeatmongrel]

The DS was the first system to make me go from "what the hell is that shit" to "Holy Crap! DS Rocks."
ditto

really i dont think i've bought so many new releases for a system in one year as i have for the DS. they are reasonably priced and fun as hell

[VG_Maniac]

I'll have to say PS2, with DS coming in a close 2nd. I wasn't interested in a DS at first, but enough good looking titles came out for it this year to make me want to buy one.