mystic_ice wrote:any real gamer can tell you that
Luckily on PPT, people are nice enough not to flame, but elsewhere, using that phrase for an opinion question would probably get you laughed at, especially when you degrade others' personal opinions by calling them "fanboys" in the process.
Well since I'm posting, I might as well contribute to the thread.
It's difficult to pick which console was the best ever, but I'm going to have to say the old school consoles just because games today are just too easy.
NES - It didn't start it all, but it was one of the first home consoles ever sent home to Americans. Appearing in 1985, the NES was quickly found in the living room of most Americans. Though the NES had simplistic graphic, it was a big stepping stone in the production of games even today. The NES had one of, if not the biggest library of games ever, even today. People that played games like Battletoads and Ghost & Goblins know how difficult NES games are compared to this generation of games. The NES also begun the the foundation of the character known as Mario.
SEGA Genesis - A lot of people cringe when they hear SEGA , realizing the many failures that it encountered up to recently. While SEGA has had many failures, too many people overlook the huge success that was the SEGA Genesis. Released int he US in 1989, the Genesis brought beautiful graphics and awesome gameplay in comparison to the NES. When people realized this, the Genesis almost became an instant success. The only thing that kept it down was the price tag. Sega was home to a few very memorable games such as the Sonic the Hedgehog series and had very very large library of great, more obscure games. While the games weren't huge like Chrono Trigger or Super Mario World, there were enough of the less popular games (still great games BTW) to get me to prefer it over the SNES. And while there was a 2 year gap between the two (that is release time, not production), the Genesis still has graphics that are just about on par with the SNES.
SNES - What isn't there to say about the SNES? Released 2 years after the SEGA Genesis in 1991 (I believe), the SNES became the able rival of the SEGA Genesis. The SNES is known to house some of the best games ever. The only problem I have with the SNES (IMO), is that there wasn't enough game variety for my tastes. But all in all, this system was a gaming monster, and one of the best out there.
So in my opinion:
Favorite Console Ever: NES and SEGA Genesis (tie)
and close behind - SNES