Re: Pick only one console per generation.
Posted: December 25th, 2017, 1:32 am
1- Never played any 1st gen system, before my time
2- Commodore 64? Again, never played this gen, before my time, but my dad had the C64 that crossed 2 gens.
3- NES
4- SNES
5- Playstation
6- Playstation 2
7- Xbox 360
8- Playstation 4 so far...
3rd gen - easy win for NES. Placing the PC engine/Tubografx 16 in the mix, it crossed both 3rd and 4th generation. In its day, pre-SNES/Genesis I could see how one may favor it over the NES.
4th gen, both Genesis and SNES easily had 40 titles each that were excellent. Both had strengths and weaknesses and they complemented each other well. Overall though, despite the Genesis being a superior console for action games, Sega forced Nintendo to be on top form and some of their best ever games were made this generation. Then there are the RPG's on it - that alone is enough to seal the deal. SNES a no brainer for me, for another, it may easily be the Genesis. My favorite gaming generation by far. Atari Jaguar, CDi, and 3D0 had some cool content but they do not even factor slightly this gen or next gen. Turbografx16 had a lot of good gaming content and Neo Geo was the overpriced system we all wanted but ended up pumping quarters in the arcade instead. Both are worth a mention but very much secondary to the SNES/Genesis rivalry. Amiga -500 I heard was a decent pc/console but I never had it or played it. PC gaming started gaining momentum in this generation.
5th gen, N64 had some quality titles, a few of them contenders for a top 100 best game of all time list. Not as much shovelware on the N64 like the Playstation, but outside of around 15 titles, it gets difficult to find games on the N64 much above mediocre. Saturn was overlooked in the day but hindsight looks at it favorably. Lacking a killer app but plenty of good content on there. Playstation had every genre well covered and lining up the best software developers or exclusive content at the time sealed the deal for them.
6th gen - easy win for the PS2. As much as I liked the Dreamcast, and it really was the better system initially, the PS2 matured rapidly. The Xbox and Gamecube both had good content and were superior hardware wise. Game wise - variety and exclusives sealed the PS2 deal for me. PC gaming was particularly strong in this generation, Fallout 2, Unreal, Quake 3/4, Half Life 2, Baldur's Gate and numerous other Excellent RPG's. I spent most this generation gaming on my PC.
7th gen - The PS3 struggled to gain traction for much of it and was miles behind the Xbox360, but some outstanding exclusive content did wind up on the PS3. By the end of it's life cycle, the XB/PS were pretty much even. Overall though cannot deny that the XBox360 bossed this generation for much of it. The Wii does not factor for me, outside of it's novelty, it was an awful console with only a handful of games worth playing. It may have flipped the most consoles but most does not equate best.
8th gen - this generation is quite boring and middling. But it is easy to choose a best console. PS4 over Xbox One. In terms of third party content, both get most of the same games. In the realm of exclusives, Sony have done it better than Microsoft this generation. 2018 is looking very strong for Sony with a solid lineup of quality titles. Wii U? A definite improvement on the original Wii but the Switch is the desired outcome of Nintendo's experimentation. I am very impressed with the Switch but it is too soon to judge the console. Judging 2017 content alone, the Switch > PS4. In 2018 this looks like flipping in Sony's favor.
2- Commodore 64? Again, never played this gen, before my time, but my dad had the C64 that crossed 2 gens.
3- NES
4- SNES
5- Playstation
6- Playstation 2
7- Xbox 360
8- Playstation 4 so far...
3rd gen - easy win for NES. Placing the PC engine/Tubografx 16 in the mix, it crossed both 3rd and 4th generation. In its day, pre-SNES/Genesis I could see how one may favor it over the NES.
4th gen, both Genesis and SNES easily had 40 titles each that were excellent. Both had strengths and weaknesses and they complemented each other well. Overall though, despite the Genesis being a superior console for action games, Sega forced Nintendo to be on top form and some of their best ever games were made this generation. Then there are the RPG's on it - that alone is enough to seal the deal. SNES a no brainer for me, for another, it may easily be the Genesis. My favorite gaming generation by far. Atari Jaguar, CDi, and 3D0 had some cool content but they do not even factor slightly this gen or next gen. Turbografx16 had a lot of good gaming content and Neo Geo was the overpriced system we all wanted but ended up pumping quarters in the arcade instead. Both are worth a mention but very much secondary to the SNES/Genesis rivalry. Amiga -500 I heard was a decent pc/console but I never had it or played it. PC gaming started gaining momentum in this generation.
5th gen, N64 had some quality titles, a few of them contenders for a top 100 best game of all time list. Not as much shovelware on the N64 like the Playstation, but outside of around 15 titles, it gets difficult to find games on the N64 much above mediocre. Saturn was overlooked in the day but hindsight looks at it favorably. Lacking a killer app but plenty of good content on there. Playstation had every genre well covered and lining up the best software developers or exclusive content at the time sealed the deal for them.
6th gen - easy win for the PS2. As much as I liked the Dreamcast, and it really was the better system initially, the PS2 matured rapidly. The Xbox and Gamecube both had good content and were superior hardware wise. Game wise - variety and exclusives sealed the PS2 deal for me. PC gaming was particularly strong in this generation, Fallout 2, Unreal, Quake 3/4, Half Life 2, Baldur's Gate and numerous other Excellent RPG's. I spent most this generation gaming on my PC.
7th gen - The PS3 struggled to gain traction for much of it and was miles behind the Xbox360, but some outstanding exclusive content did wind up on the PS3. By the end of it's life cycle, the XB/PS were pretty much even. Overall though cannot deny that the XBox360 bossed this generation for much of it. The Wii does not factor for me, outside of it's novelty, it was an awful console with only a handful of games worth playing. It may have flipped the most consoles but most does not equate best.
8th gen - this generation is quite boring and middling. But it is easy to choose a best console. PS4 over Xbox One. In terms of third party content, both get most of the same games. In the realm of exclusives, Sony have done it better than Microsoft this generation. 2018 is looking very strong for Sony with a solid lineup of quality titles. Wii U? A definite improvement on the original Wii but the Switch is the desired outcome of Nintendo's experimentation. I am very impressed with the Switch but it is too soon to judge the console. Judging 2017 content alone, the Switch > PS4. In 2018 this looks like flipping in Sony's favor.