My first console was a sega mega drive. My favourite was the PlayStation 2

N64. Such a solid lineup of games.

Probably GBA or PS2. I was a teenager and started working part time jobs, so I had money to buy the games I wanted. I was also getting a bit older, so my parents were relaxing my restrictions a bit. I couldn't play RPGs as a kid since apparently anything having to do with demons or magic would turn me into a cultist.

Special mention for the N64 as well. I have countless memories of playing 4-player games with friends, primarily Goldeneye (though Perfect Dark was better and I will die on that hill).

Nintendo DS

That era was so good that Nintendo didn't even know what they had until they screwed it up and lost to modern smartphones.

SEGA Megadrive

My PC.

But if it has to be a console console, N64. Easy.

ps2.

I loved the ps3 don't take me wrong, but the ps2 just had that nostolgia and legacy aspects of it. The splash screen, the menu design, the simplicity. It was so nice.

Poor N64 and its fucked up joystick get no love

SNES (Super Famicom?) is the one I think of when I think "console".

N64 gave me the best Xmas ever playing Goldeneye with my 2 brothers. 4 controller ports! No more fighting eachother with "winner stops on" rules.

Xbox 360 takes it overall i think. Shipped with a headset and Xbox Live started mass adoption with internet speeds actually making it playable and not a complete laggy mess. There was a sense of, not community, but shared wonder and optimism that I've not encountered since.

Steam Deck?

The SNES. Hands down.

Do handhelds count? 3DS.

I haven't played many, more of PC gamer. But, of the Atari 2600, Radio Shack TV Scoreboard, Atari 5200, Sega Genesis, GameCube, and Wii, I'll pick the Sega Genesis. Yes, I was around for the launch of all of these, including the original Pong, which was the first video game I played. I'm fucking old.

The venerable Atari 2600.

GameCube. Just because it was the console I played most with my daughter. Mario Sunshine, Double Dash, Metroid Prime, Windwaker and Twilight Princess. Such fun! And the game discs were cute

Dreamcast.

Definitely a tie between xbox360 and PS2.

Definitly not biased because they're the 2 consoles I played the most growing up. No. There's a totally reasonable explanation. And would you look at the time! Gotta blast!

Well since the Magnavox Odessy isn't pictured I'll have to pick the halo 3 edition of the Xbox 360. So many awesome memories of halo 3 online, cod black ops. GTA... Man.

Steam deck. Does it count? Plays everything you see here and more.

Consoles are kinda meh. Can't do much with them.

That said I think the ps2 with network and hardrive, then the ps3, then the wii. I like them all for what they could be made to do and have one of each.

But really: all superceded by the steam deck. (Ended up selling my PSP, no need for it anymore).

Without factoring in nostalgia I think I'll have to go with the Switch. Its library including rerelease of older systems' titles is hard to match. I played so many cool games on it that I still think about a lot years later.

Xenoblade 1, 2, 3, X
Dragon Quest XI
Shin Megami Tensei V
Monster Hunter Rise
Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate
Smash Ultimate
Breath of the Wilds
Mario Odyssey
Mario Kart 8
New Horizons

and countless others. Then there's the whole handheld/console hybrid aspect of it. For years I would exclusively play it handheld because I didn't even have a TV. Crazy good system, just a shame it marked the beginning of Nintendo leaning heavy into their anti-consumer and profit maximization BS. Not planning on getting a Switch 2 for a long time.

The original Xbox was my absolute favorite. Still old enough to have the classic memory cards and weird console ports, but new enough that its all actually just reskinned pc hardware. The UI was simple but easy and had this fantastic early 2k style. I didn't even care that it was disgustingly green.

On top of all that, it was an era where basically everything could get greenlit. Shrek sequel game? Do it. Bounty hunter in a batshit crazy world using bigs as bullets? Knock yourself out. Love letter to golden eye, even if we can't get the rights? You bet! What if I wanna watch softcore porn with the bros but justify it by saying we're gaming? That's fucking weird, but have at it. Literally anything could get a game.

360 for me. All my friends had one and spent soooo much time playing halo 3 and GoW online. Good times

Ranked:

1. SNES for sure. I fucking loved Super Mario World. It's probably why I love video games tbh
2. PS2, the first thing I ever bought with my own money was a video game for the PS2 we got for Christmas. It was the Medal of Honor trilogy
3. PS1. Vandal Hearts permanently changed my preference of video games
4. PS3. Skyrim.
5. Xbox One. I know, I know, I can hear the boos from here. It got me through some tough shit and I loved that system. I used it for years before microslop permanently bricked it with a bad firmware update
6. PS5. I was one of the elite gamers to get a hold of one before they launched (/s). I was a QA tester for Call of Duty, and used the same system for my entire time at that job. I became an expert with that dev kit.
7. N64. It was a lot of fun, but it just never held the appeal over the ones above
8. Xbox 360. I liked playing it, but I never got much time with it
9. Xbox series S. It's a streaming box. When I worked on CoD I was getting game pass for free. Without it, it quickly became obsolete with my arr setup
10. All of the others
11. PS4. My retail experience was fine. Working with it on CoD fucking sucked and is the reason I hate the system.

Mega Drive. Home of Sonic, Streets of Rage, Toe Jam & Earl and many other great games

SNES or PS1

I couldn’t possibly choose. To this day I still get a lot of mileage out of the SNES, Genesis, PS1, PS2, GBA, and Nintendo DS libraries.

I played the absolute crap out of my Genesis more than anything else, i was obsessed with SF:2 CE and the six button controller was a game changer. But for every other genre the SNES has more of my favorite games compared to any system I have. There’s just a charm and feeling of care put into some its games that is just leaps and bounds above everything. Hard to describe.

For pure slickness of the hardware and user experience—the Gamecube, NeoGeo Pocket Color and Dreamcast mesmerized me upon purchase from that alone. Of course they all have some bangers. Also the joystick on the NGPC is amazing.

Not a console but the psp, it was so hackable and customizable and one of the first handhelds that did 3d and emulation well.

As a console, probably the n64, mostly cause the game changing factor compared to its predecessors and sick ass titles. Nintendo sucks balls now and I dont buy any of their shit but it was cool back then.

This is a surprisingly hard question.

I’d have to say either snes or n64.

I probably played n64 more. There were so many good games on it.

Mario 64 Banjo Kazoie Golden eye Perfect dark Shadows of the empire Ocarina of time Pod racing Star Fox Mario party Bondsman hero

I just wrote up, so I know I’m forgetting some stuff, help me out

I recently modded a Wii and I must say it's starting to become one of my favorite.

PS2 or PS1. I played the PS2 more than the PS1 but the PS1 is more nostalgic for some reason. I don't think the games were better per say but I have fonder memories on SO2 than eg. Til the End of Time. Really wish they'd remake Tales of the Abyss tho

Looking at it just purely because of the console capabilities itself, the Wii was the best console.

Most of what the Wii did, no other system console or PC replicates well even to this day. They did this while undercutting other consoles on price, still putting out solid entries to their core IPs, and broadening gaming to new gamers.

All of the other consoles I would want to put at number 1 really are only great because of the library of games they had. Most of those libraries would have been better off if they were not forced to be on proprietary hardware.

Real hard to beat the Sega in my book. Not only was it an amazing console on its own, but you could attach other consoles to it. Slap that 32x on top. Slide the Sega CD on the side. Who could beat that? Plus the Sega Channel? I mean come on.

I honestly don't know how I could pick one favourite. I have super fond memories of the Sega Genesis, SNES, N64, Gamecube, PS1, PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, I really could not say which one is a favourite.