zxxgp
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What does everybody think the best console family is????
Best Console Family
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zxxgp
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I bet this has been done before. Sorry 
nubie
Recovering Jerk-A-Holic
It's tough for me to say, I never really owned a Nintendo. I did just buy a GameCube, but I have never played it. My sister uses it for Harvest Moon games.
My first console was the Genesis, second console was the PSX.
I have an Xbox, and if the xBox360 was as open for hacking then I for sure would have put xbox (I guess they want you to have a bunch of Media Center PC's running Vista just to use it as a media center, but I call bull and say that it should be an open system.)
I have a Dreamcast and love the VGA output, but sadly the controllers ruin it for me, and so do the $20 apiece PSX to Dreamcast adapters, what a rip-off. Sega doesn't seem to grasp ergonomic controls.
Sony has an interesting cycle of releasing units with crap optical drives and tons of special processors that never get used. Then shrinking the whole unit and selling it for a few more years.
I am afraid the PC is the ultimate for me, simply because I can't stand closed software systems. The hardware is just begging to be let loose, and why can't it be? Why do we have to be saddled with whatever will sell to the lowest common denominator?
PS3 with Linux was an interesting turn, but a Geforce 7900 series?? Come on, you can get those for $45, it isn't really worth it. A Q6600 is only $190, put those together and not only can you run a ton of PC games (even more if you are smarter and choose a ~$100 8800/9600 card, or better yet ~$175 and get an HD4850).
So I chose Sega, simply because they can really make a game. And they had some of the neatest portables first.
My first console was the Genesis, second console was the PSX.
I have an Xbox, and if the xBox360 was as open for hacking then I for sure would have put xbox (I guess they want you to have a bunch of Media Center PC's running Vista just to use it as a media center, but I call bull and say that it should be an open system.)
I have a Dreamcast and love the VGA output, but sadly the controllers ruin it for me, and so do the $20 apiece PSX to Dreamcast adapters, what a rip-off. Sega doesn't seem to grasp ergonomic controls.
Sony has an interesting cycle of releasing units with crap optical drives and tons of special processors that never get used. Then shrinking the whole unit and selling it for a few more years.
I am afraid the PC is the ultimate for me, simply because I can't stand closed software systems. The hardware is just begging to be let loose, and why can't it be? Why do we have to be saddled with whatever will sell to the lowest common denominator?
PS3 with Linux was an interesting turn, but a Geforce 7900 series?? Come on, you can get those for $45, it isn't really worth it. A Q6600 is only $190, put those together and not only can you run a ton of PC games (even more if you are smarter and choose a ~$100 8800/9600 card, or better yet ~$175 and get an HD4850).
So I chose Sega, simply because they can really make a game. And they had some of the neatest portables first.
TwoHeadedBoy
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So obviously SEGA, which I see is currently drawing with Nintendo. Much as I like my Xbox, it just doesn't seem very "family-ish", being pretty much a PC in a fat little box. So it's SEGA all the way, even with the Mega Drive's various incestuous love-children - the 32X, the Mega CD, the Multimega - which were all great in their own little ways.
nickspoon
vultum stultum habes
I couldn't possibly choose. Each one has high points and low points.
Ganepark32
Suit Up!
I would be inclined to pick Nintendo if it wasn't for their shoddy European service. I'd probably go with Sega but then again, there are high and low points for all of them so I'll obstain and not vote because of that. That's like asking a parent which is their favourite child. Well, not really. But you know what I mean. Hopefully. :unsure:
waffles
Unachivement unlocked.
Nintendo, mainly for the n64 and NES. Of course the wii has been a tad bit of a disappointment, but i still have hope.
cherrycyanide
Member
I would have said sega if they were still making consoles. Nintendo can always be counted on to make fun games.
such a hard choice.
I can remove sony and microsoft striaght away not much of a problem there.
I have had great sega and nintendo consoles though, I think ill go with nintendo because they have been making great games for longer, while sega only released a few good consoles before dying.
I can remove sony and microsoft striaght away not much of a problem there.
I have had great sega and nintendo consoles though
, I think ill go with nintendo because they have been making great games for longer, while sega only released a few good consoles before dying.Similar threads
