The 25 greatest video game consoles – ranked!

[TrekMD | 1,504]

This is an article on The Guardian that looks at 25 consoles from the past decades up until today.  I thought it was an interesting read.  The brief intro says:  On the threshold of a new console generation with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, here are the industry’s most influential and impactful machines over 50 years of gaming

The 25 greatest video game consoles – ranked!

Edited July 18, 2020 by TrekMD

[Tulpa | 3,723]

Interesting ranking when you see it from the British perspective.

[RH | 5,231]

The fact that half of those games rated above the Sega Saturn proves that they don't know what they are talking about.  Real time, it was a bit TL;DR, so if they are basing it off of sales in the UK, then that's different.  But if it's basing it off of any form of fandom, that's a big list of WTF?!

[Tulpa | 3,723]

2 hours ago, RH said:

Real time, it was a bit TL;DR, so if they are basing it off of sales in the UK, then that's different. 

Pretty sure that's the case. Saturn was trounced even harder by the Playstation over there than it was here. Some other consoles did a bit better over there than here, and vice versa.

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,124]

2 hours ago, RH said:

The fact that half of those games rated above the Sega Saturn proves that they don't know what they are talking about.  Real time, it was a bit TL;DR, so if they are basing it off of sales in the UK, then that's different.  But if it's basing it off of any form of fandom, that's a big list of WTF?!

I thought the Sega Saturn, the Atari 2600 and the NES were too low, but these lists usually do stuff like that to get people to share them.

[Californication | 1,491]

Xbox 360 and Xbox one are to high, OG Xbox too low. It's very hard to find a reason to purchase an XBox One.

Edited July 18, 2020 by Californication

[TrekMD | 1,504]

Well, if nothing else, sharing these lists generates discussion. 

[Hammerfestus | 4,107]

I feel like if you have the 3DO on your top system list then your top system list is too long.