Favorite Game Console

[SegaNintendoUbisoft]

That's a bit of a tough one. If I had to chose some of my favorites, they would have to be the SNES, Genesis, GameCube, N64, Wii, and PS3.

[Dart]

my favorite? either the PS2 or 3DS. I think that PS4 may top both.

[Disionity]

SNES, Genesis,

The Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis were fantastic consoles, not to mention one of the closet battles for dominance in the gaming industry. I would say I like the SNES a tad better though <cough> Chrono Trigger, Mega Man X series, Super Metroid <cough>. To add, the Genesis almost always seemed to get the best version of multiplatform games for some reason as well despite being the weaker console hardware-wise with the exception of its main processor. The Genesis had titles like the Sonic The Hedgehog and Vectorman series, Ristar, some of the best games made by Treasure, as well as some of the best Disney titles made to date. In terms of the game library, the SNES and Genesis all come down to what your preference is, with the exception of RPGs, SNES excels many times over the Genesis in this regard.

[GrandKittymus]

NINTENDO 64

[TheTempurmental]

Sega Genesis. It was such a big part of my life and I just love the iconic way that it looks and sounds.

[technology4617]

Wow, so many replies already! O_o Also, the Nintendo 64 is a pretty beast console, and it also has my favorite game of all time, but I generally prefer the games on PlayStation consoles, myself. Probably my third-favorite after the PS2 and BC PS3.

Classic Era: PS2
Modern Era: PS3 (if PS4 is BC then probably PS4)
Handhelds: 3DS (but only with working flashcard for emulation)

It's common knowledge at this point that the PS4 will only be BC through Internet streaming, and will have no native capabilities built-in. Expect more HD collections.

The lack of PS1 and PS2 backwards compatibility (esp. PS1) is pretty unforgivable, since there are already working emulators for the PC, and therefore should exist on the PS4. But it will be hacked anyway, I guess.

[sonicbrawler182]

Ahaha, I don't have a good answer for this!

I'll just say that out of PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U, I'm happy with just the Wii U. The only two things that I'm super interested in for the PS4 are Kingdom Hearts 3 and The Witness. As for Xbox One...bleh, nothing that interesting. Don't get me wrong, the games look solid, but nothing looks that interesting, and they are still lacking in the exclusives.

[technology4617]

Ahaha, I don't have a good answer for this!

I'll just say that out of PS4, Xbox One, and Wii U, I'm happy with just the Wii U. The only two things that I'm super interested in for the PS4 are Kingdom Hearts 3 and The Witness. As for Xbox One...bleh, nothing that interesting. Don't get me wrong, the games look solid, but nothing looks that interesting, and they are still lacking in the exclusives.

I'm excited for the Naughty Dog exclusives that will eventually be coming out.

[sonicbrawler182]

Oh yeah, the PS4 WILL have lots of great exclusives because Sony have a ton of great IPs. It's just that, they haven't announced much yet that I really want. Just like the Wii U, and pretty much any console, the launch line-up isn't much at all. And the Wii U has gotten a head start, as there are some really good games coming out.

Though, they are at least continuing PS Plus. And my brother has the PS4 pre-ordered, so I will be able to play it at launch.

[Bzzit]

Ps2 is the best for me because of stuff like Jak, Ratchet and Clank, Final fantasy X, Sly cooper and Kingdom Hearts etc

Ps1 because of Spyro, Crash, Rayman, Final fantasy 7+9 etc

Ps3 because of Uncharted, God Of war, Ratchet and Clank Future, Last Of Us etc

For Handhelds:

3DS because of Mario 3D land, Pokemon X, KH DDD, Kid Icarus, MK 7 etc

GBA because of Pokemon, Pokemon and being able to play the Gameboy Pokemon games

Vita for Gravity Rush, Uncharted, LBP and Psp + Ps1 games galore

Games>>>Specs

[MrBadGuy]

The lack of PS1 and PS2 backwards compatibility (esp. PS1) is pretty unforgivable, since there are already working emulators for the PC, and therefore should exist on the PS4. But it will be hacked anyway, I guess.

Really though? I'm certainly not buying a PS4 to play PS1 games, dunno about you. I'd rather all their energy went into making new games and services, not worrying about the past.
When I want to play a PS1 game, I just play it on PS1,PS2,PS3, PSP or PS Vita. Nah you're right, that's not enough options.

[sonicbrawler182]

It would be nice if the PS4 was at least fully backwards compatible with PS3 games, as people could then trade in their PS3s as part of trade-in deals for the PS4, and not have to worry about losing their PS3 data or anything.

This is irrelevant to me personally, but it would be nice, and would help boost sales. Same applies to the Xbox One for Xbox 360 compatibility.

[MrBadGuy]

It would also make the PS4 incredibly expensive, as it would have to contain the Cell processor.
So it would either sell badly due to high price, or they'd have to sell it at a huge loss.

[sonicbrawler182]

I know, just wishful thinking is all (well, not even sure if I'd call it that as personally, I wouldn't need the backwards compatibility).

[OCG]

No backwards compatibility has to be th weakest point of both upcomming systems. Wii U was maybe lacking GameCube compatibility but at least it played Wii games. Although I do with Wii U pad could emulate Classic Controller for Brawl and such games.

[sonicbrawler182]

No backwards compatibility has to be th weakest point of both upcomming systems. Wii U was maybe lacking GameCube compatibility but at least it played Wii games. Although I do with Wii U pad could emulate Classic Controller for Brawl and such games.

GameCube may come on Virtual Console, if we're really lucky.

[technology4617]

Really though? I'm certainly not buying a PS4 to play PS1 games, dunno about you. I'd rather all their energy went into making new games and services, not worrying about the past.
When I want to play a PS1 game, I just play it on PS1,PS2,PS3, PSP or PS Vita. Nah you're right, that's not enough options.

Yeah, because it's so great to have 50,000 consoles hooked up to your TV.

[MrBadGuy]

The point is I don't know anyone irl who still wants to play PS1 games, of course on somewhere like this forum there's going to be a lot of people who do, but it's hardly worth it to support a 19 year old console in my opinion.

[sonicbrawler182]

We've got ePSXe for PS1 games. I don't think we need the PS4 to support PSone games.

[OCG]

No backwards compatibility has to be th weakest point of both upcomming systems. Wii U was maybe lacking GameCube compatibility but at least it played Wii games. Although I do with Wii U pad could emulate Classic Controller for Brawl and such games.

GameCube may come on Virtual Console, if we're really lucky.

I don't really care. I would not pay for same game twice.