Top 3 Consoles

Gaming is going in the wrong direction for the most part. You have the 360 pumping out nothing but first person shooters with pretty graphics and not caring about much else. Their hardware is poorly made too. There are so many people with failing 360s it's just sad. Then there's the Wii which is breeding too many casual gamers. I like that it's bringing more people into the video game world, but Nintendo has kind of abandoned the hardcore audience. There are still a few games on the Wii that say otherwise but it's mostly nonchalant shovelware. The PS3 is where the only hope lies. Unfortunately, Sony doesn't care much anymore. I still can't figure out why they removed PS2 compatibility from their consoles. Pricing the console at $600 was a big mistake too. It's the main reason they're in 3rd place this generation. There are also too many FPS games on the PS3. The PS2 had so many incredible games including RPGs. PS3 is like 5% RPGs and 80% action/shooters. Terrible.

But this isn't a rant about the crappy current gen. A while ago gaming was a thing of beauty. Back in the early 2000s/late 90s developers cared about their audience. They also had less to work with in terms of graphical power, so they focused on the more important areas of gameplay and audio (which I think is just as important as visuals). So here is my list of the top 3 consoles of all time, excluding handhelds.

3. Nintendo 64

This was the multiplayer console king. At a time when the rival PS1 was putting more emphasis on graphics and single player games, the N64 was winning people over with it's multiplayer focus. This console is synonymous with late 90s multiplayer fun. It had Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Smash Bros, Mario Kart, Mario Party, and countless others. It also had the legendary Zelda games as well as Conker and Super Mario. I still play it to this day when my roommates or friends are down for a trip down memory lane.

2. Playstation 2

What defines the quality of a console goes something like 10% hardware/quality/features, 90% games. That's why it's no surprise the PS2 is such a magnificent piece of hardware. It's hard to believe this came out such a long time ago. It had such a huge game library which is still going. The PS2 gave us the GTA series, FFX, Shadow of the Colossus, God of War and Gran Turismo. It was even the home to the highly hailed MGS series which I personally am not a fan of but can see why it's so great. It gave us so many good RPGs, but mixed in other genres well. It is currently the console I spend the most time with. It's hard to believe how such a great console was followed up by the PS3.

1. Super NES

When one thinks about how old this console is and adds in the fact that it was so great back then and it still is now, there's nothing to do but name it the best console of all time. This came out in 1991 and it's better than all the consoles out now. The SNES gave us the Final Fantasy games, countless Mario games including Mario RPG, the Donkey Kong series, Super Metroid, Zelda, and of course Chrono Trigger. With a legacy like that how can one argue that it doesn't belong at #1? It was the SNES that got me started with gaming. I had an NES, but the SNES is what really got me hooked (especially Mario RPG).



Honorable mention: PS1(FF7-9, GT) and Gamecube (Metroid, Smash, RE4).


This list was inspired by this playlist