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You can only choose one system to play for the rest of your life, which one?
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Shpeshal Nick
aka Collingwood
Xbox 360 or Xbox One
If my BC digital titles can be included then Xbox One.
If my BC digital titles can be included then Xbox One.
PC simply for the vast range and diversity of games, many possible form factors and continuing innovation and experimentation with all the services, tools, games, business ideas, customisation etc etc.
Pretty much why I'm pretty much entirely PC only at the moment. I don't need anything else.
Pretty much why I'm pretty much entirely PC only at the moment. I don't need anything else.
As of 2017, easily, Xbox 360. At least in my opinion.
It has everything, including tons of ports and revivals from earlier systems, all the way from NES to Dreamcast. Think about how long that generation was. Tons of ports of arcade games (REAL arcade games, not "Xbox Live Arcade"), HD remakes, original franchises, the births of so many popular IPs, RPGs, fighting games, Japanese shmups, indie games (including the thousands of XBLIG). There's Rock Band and other music and accessory games too. You will never have time to play all of it.
All of this on one of the most comfortable, well-designed controllers ever made. Well, except for that awful D-pad. But that's why there are so many great arcade joysticks available for it.
Runners up:
I want to say Dreamcast, because the games are so great, but 360 just has way more.
Xbox One has the backwards compatibility, yes, but they've already said that accessory games will never work, and I'm not sure that a lot of the great Japanese games will ever make it over.
NES and Super NES are timeless. But still, 360 just has way more of everything.
It has everything, including tons of ports and revivals from earlier systems, all the way from NES to Dreamcast. Think about how long that generation was. Tons of ports of arcade games (REAL arcade games, not "Xbox Live Arcade"), HD remakes, original franchises, the births of so many popular IPs, RPGs, fighting games, Japanese shmups, indie games (including the thousands of XBLIG). There's Rock Band and other music and accessory games too. You will never have time to play all of it.
All of this on one of the most comfortable, well-designed controllers ever made. Well, except for that awful D-pad. But that's why there are so many great arcade joysticks available for it.
Runners up:
I want to say Dreamcast, because the games are so great, but 360 just has way more.
Xbox One has the backwards compatibility, yes, but they've already said that accessory games will never work, and I'm not sure that a lot of the great Japanese games will ever make it over.
NES and Super NES are timeless. But still, 360 just has way more of everything.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
PC for me. I can live without the console exclusives.
daTRUballin
Member
My man!
LordKasual
Banned
only logical answer is PC, because it is all of them
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FinaruDensetsu
Member
PC, because even though it'll eventually not be able to play the AAA games, it'll always be able to play the new indie games and non-graphics-intensive games forever.
Not to mention all of the emulation possibilities.
Not to mention all of the emulation possibilities.
I'm shocked by my own gut response, which is to say Xbox 360. I loved that console, and I would return to XBLA stuff like Out Run, Geometry Wars and Pac-Man CE pretty often. Great system, amazing library and amazing controller.
Edit - PC should've been excluded from this. PC is not even a system, it's a loose grouping of tons of different systems.
Edit - PC should've been excluded from this. PC is not even a system, it's a loose grouping of tons of different systems.
MrMephistoX
Member
Choosing PC is kind of cheating since any console has a limited lifecycle and your current PC does as well. You technically have to buy new hardware every few years on PC as well in order to keep playing current games just like you would a console.
If you choose a specific console you're stuck with that console's library for life so a fairer choice would be limiting the rules to a current PC with no possibility of upgrading the hardware otherwise it has an unfair advantage.
If you choose a specific console you're stuck with that console's library for life so a fairer choice would be limiting the rules to a current PC with no possibility of upgrading the hardware otherwise it has an unfair advantage.
Assuming i cant just go PC.
WIIU. Is the obvious choice. Thanks to a little help from Nintendont the WiiU natively supports WiiU, Wii and Gamecube games with a HDMI out. Plus there is Virtual Console for some of the best N64, SNES, NES, GBA and DS games.
So in practice its the ultimate Nintendo machine and has some enough interesting 3rd party support from across 3 generations to be a viable 3rd party machine.
WIIU. Is the obvious choice. Thanks to a little help from Nintendont the WiiU natively supports WiiU, Wii and Gamecube games with a HDMI out. Plus there is Virtual Console for some of the best N64, SNES, NES, GBA and DS games.
So in practice its the ultimate Nintendo machine and has some enough interesting 3rd party support from across 3 generations to be a viable 3rd party machine.
User Name Here
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Personal Computer
The Albatross
Member
I think questions like this imply that PC shouldn't be a choice because it's too easy... Because like PC could also pretty much emulate every console.
I think I'd choose Xbox 360 only because it has a huge back catalog of games that are also on Xbox, PS2, and PSX. I was going to say PS2, but when thinking about the back catalog of "arcade" games, I'd lean towards Xbox 360... I'd still get to enjoy GTA San Andreas and Vice CIty, but also GTA V, RDR, Fallout New Vegas, Oblivion, Castlevania SOTN, Resident Evil 4, etc., etc.
If it only includes games released in that generation, then I'd say PS2, because it also includes the best, most playable career modes in Madden which are games that I can play for almost ever.
I think I'd choose Xbox 360 only because it has a huge back catalog of games that are also on Xbox, PS2, and PSX. I was going to say PS2, but when thinking about the back catalog of "arcade" games, I'd lean towards Xbox 360... I'd still get to enjoy GTA San Andreas and Vice CIty, but also GTA V, RDR, Fallout New Vegas, Oblivion, Castlevania SOTN, Resident Evil 4, etc., etc.
If it only includes games released in that generation, then I'd say PS2, because it also includes the best, most playable career modes in Madden which are games that I can play for almost ever.
Not taking the obvious choice of PC:
Maybe XB1X, for XB and 360 BC. I'd really like a fat PS3 for PS1-PS3 support, but I'd hate to give up Overwatch and other online MP games (plus I don't like the DS3 for FPS).
Honestly, I think if I could just have FFXI circa 2006 back, I'd be happy with just 360 (although obviously I'd take it as XB1X if it's on the table).
If BC is disallowed, I'd probably go PS4 for Overwatch, indies, VR, and Sony's first party.
Maybe XB1X, for XB and 360 BC. I'd really like a fat PS3 for PS1-PS3 support, but I'd hate to give up Overwatch and other online MP games (plus I don't like the DS3 for FPS).
Honestly, I think if I could just have FFXI circa 2006 back, I'd be happy with just 360 (although obviously I'd take it as XB1X if it's on the table).
If BC is disallowed, I'd probably go PS4 for Overwatch, indies, VR, and Sony's first party.
RoaringMdog
Member
Gonna have to go with the vita. That little machine has everything i need, tons of rhythm games, rpgs and a great selection of smaller indie games. Oh, and all the anime titty games too.
Pilgrimzero
Member
Obvious choice: PC
Console only: Super Nintendo
Console only: Super Nintendo
tenderbrew
Member
Console choice - probably the 3DS.
ToxicPhantom
Member
No doubt the Xbox One.
VaultBoy101
Member
Scorpio
Sorta Maximus
Member
PS4 Pro so I can play The Last of Us 2 over and over.
WiiU. Bear with me ...
It has Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker and Breath of Wild. So those are three major points in its favor.
Then it has both Bayonetta games, the best version of Deus Ex: HR, Smash, every Wii game, great Yoshi and Kirby games ... and Nintendoland, which is my favorite party game.
Plus, it has Splatoon, which is the densest, most satisfying of the online shooters, and one of the few games that feels almost purely joyful to play.
It is missing Tetris, Spelunky, and Crypt of the Necrodancer, which makes me sad -- those are three arguments for PC. And team Ico/Trico's games are spread across Playstations. I would definitely feel their absence. But the WiiU was basically everything Nintendo from '85 to '16, and that would probably be more than enough to keep me going.
It has Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker and Breath of Wild. So those are three major points in its favor.
Then it has both Bayonetta games, the best version of Deus Ex: HR, Smash, every Wii game, great Yoshi and Kirby games ... and Nintendoland, which is my favorite party game.
Plus, it has Splatoon, which is the densest, most satisfying of the online shooters, and one of the few games that feels almost purely joyful to play.
It is missing Tetris, Spelunky, and Crypt of the Necrodancer, which makes me sad -- those are three arguments for PC. And team Ico/Trico's games are spread across Playstations. I would definitely feel their absence. But the WiiU was basically everything Nintendo from '85 to '16, and that would probably be more than enough to keep me going.
blame space
Banned
honestly with BC i think it's xb1 for me
anothertech
Member
PC, for that future proof gaming 
If console only, I would go neogeo
If console only, I would go neogeo
FunkyPajamas
Member
PC, duh. A lot of console games would eventually be supported by emulators, if not outright ported.
If not PC, PS3 with PS1 and PS2 backwards compatibility.
If not PC, PS3 with PS1 and PS2 backwards compatibility.