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gamestm Top 15 Games machines of all time (reader poll)
- Thread starter Suzzopher
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Sapphire Dreams
Member
Don't get me wrong, I love my 360, but #1 seriously ?
Fantasy Final
Member
The 360 Hardware is the worst piece of crap gaming ever had. At least the Virtual Boy was reliable.
RukusProvider
Banned
Can't say I disagree. 360 has evolved greatly over the course of this generation and all for the better.
If you told me in 2005 that in 2011 the same 360 would have all these additional Live features, services, dashboard overhauls, Kinect and so on, I'd told you to stop being an idiot.
MS set the trend on how a locked in platform can evolve via software and services. THAT will be norm for all consoles going forward. So yes, the 360 is number 1 because it shift industry mindset and standard.
Now back to your regularly scheduled hate.
If you told me in 2005 that in 2011 the same 360 would have all these additional Live features, services, dashboard overhauls, Kinect and so on, I'd told you to stop being an idiot.
MS set the trend on how a locked in platform can evolve via software and services. THAT will be norm for all consoles going forward. So yes, the 360 is number 1 because it shift industry mindset and standard.
Now back to your regularly scheduled hate.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Assuming handhelds don't count, and excluding PC for very obvious reasons, their audience's top four is my top four in that exact order.
It does to me.
When it comes to gaming user polls, user reviews, whatever you want...are useless. The audience as a whole is not mature enough to take seriously. That's why I don't understand why some people here take metacritic user reviews seriously.
Maleficence
Member
Reader Poll, suddenly the stupidity makes sense. Most people are dumbasses with bad taste.
GrotesqueBeauty
Banned
The tag under your username is Junior Member, and rightly so.
Randomizer
Member
Me too
It reminds me of any of the lists Famsitu do. The Japanese have such a flavour of the month mentality. They are big into trends and fads so the hip new thing is always tops of the list or a close second.
RamzaIsCool
The Amiga Brotherhood
way to low! :/
Meh, not a poll I can agree with. The PS3 and 360 are so interchangeable they might as well share the same spot somewhere on the list. For the first place, I can't decide whether the PC or the PS2 deserves it. My absolute favorite games were for the PC, but the PS2 had the biggest and most diverse library that appealed to me. I never had a SNES so can't comment on it, and I wasn't into RPG's and so during the PSX era (didn't even have the PSX anyway ), so the platform doesn't rank high on my list either.
), so the platform doesn't rank high on my list either.hardcastlemccormick
Banned
Wow.
sixteen-bit
Member
Reader poll.
BAHAHAHA.
Essentially written by a 12-year-old then.
uncledonnie
Banned
Same here. After that it goes off the rails though.
It's okay you can think what you want. I don't see how it isn't the most important console this gen though. It standardized online invites, chat, achievements, and was the first console. I really appreciate the size of the PS2/snes library but the XBOX or mega drive were not influenced heavily by design decisions of their peers. 360 has had more effect on its direct competitors (Steam and PS3) than any console throughout history. Give it some credit.
HocusPocus
Member
Yep. That list is correct.
Alligatorjandro
Banned
PS2 is my #1.
GrotesqueBeauty
Banned
I think it could be at least as persuasively argued that the Wii had the greatest impact on competitors this generation. Look at the proliferation of motion gaming and "casual" games across all platforms following the meteoric rise of the console in its first few years.
XBL and COD.
I've owned most consoles at least once and the 360 is the one I like the most. Excellent retro gaming in the form of XBLA, awesome selection of disc based games and the best controller yet.
I just feel like it's the most complete package yet when it comes to gaming consoles. And it's understandable that people rage over the placing of their favorite consoles, as always.
I just feel like it's the most complete package yet when it comes to gaming consoles. And it's understandable that people rage over the placing of their favorite consoles, as always.
Ghost Dad the Whip
Member
PC not in top 5 = disregard everything about it
hell, it didnt even make the top 10
reader poll? yikes
hell, it didnt even make the top 10
reader poll? yikes
REMEMBER CITADEL
Banned
ITT: gamers scoffing at gamers being immature and having bad tastes. It's like raiaaaiiiiiiin...
It's only a stupid list, people, just like every other list ever, including GAF's lists. Don't take it to heart.
It's only a stupid list, people, just like every other list ever, including GAF's lists. Don't take it to heart.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Errr, was this done on the Moon?
Nobody in the UK has any nostalgia for the SNES. The thing bombed over here. Ask anyone over the age of 25 and they'll pick Mega Drive over SNES every time.
The UK is such a Sega stronghold I'm surprised even the Saturn isn't on there.
Edit: Damn, not even the Master System is on there. I'm kind of disappointed in the GamesTM readership now. Thought their readers were a little more highbrow than those of Games Master magazine, but obviously not.
Nobody in the UK has any nostalgia for the SNES. The thing bombed over here. Ask anyone over the age of 25 and they'll pick Mega Drive over SNES every time.
The UK is such a Sega stronghold I'm surprised even the Saturn isn't on there.
Edit: Damn, not even the Master System is on there. I'm kind of disappointed in the GamesTM readership now. Thought their readers were a little more highbrow than those of Games Master magazine, but obviously not.
But surely judging a 'bext console' should encompass more than just influence on the industry/competitors.
If you created a checklist on what makes a 'great console', you'd be hard pressed to not have the 360 tick every box possible.
REMEMBER CITADEL
Banned
As they should.
The Alanis Morissette thing made me laugh.
Criminal Upper
Banned
Super Nintendo right where it needs to be, heads and shoulders above the MegaDrive.
I would give it some credit but not THAT much.
Even though its not my preferred pick, PS2 certainly deserves it, along with SNES. DS should be up there too, and MegaDrive.
I personally cannot fathom how 360 is so high. I've never come across a system with as many problems and as limited software variety. But I guess that's not a common view.
WrenchNinja
Member
360 doesnt even come close to the variety and quality of the SNES and PS2.
MisterHero
Super Member
I don't think so gamestim
It surpasses those. It has Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare, Call of Duty World at War, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Call of Duty Black Ops and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3.
nelsonroyale
Member
360? The PS2 was far more successful and had a better library of exclusives
But I can tell you it does die way more often. That's a reason to put it so high right, because it's the best at something?
It is a reader poll. Nothing more fair and honest than that. I agree. The XBOX 360 is the greatest system.
Now don't get me wrong. The PS2 has like an almost infinite amount of interesting games covering the RPG, Platforming and Action-Adventure genre with better degree. But the entire experience the 360 offers like HD graphics, XBOX Live, achievements, downloadable demos, downloadable content, interesting non-game features and apps, all that can really bring some experiences to a new parallel not previously found.
I similarly credit the Nintendo 64 for the revolution it created with 4-player in room multiplayer during its reign.
Now don't get me wrong. The PS2 has like an almost infinite amount of interesting games covering the RPG, Platforming and Action-Adventure genre with better degree. But the entire experience the 360 offers like HD graphics, XBOX Live, achievements, downloadable demos, downloadable content, interesting non-game features and apps, all that can really bring some experiences to a new parallel not previously found.
I similarly credit the Nintendo 64 for the revolution it created with 4-player in room multiplayer during its reign.