Favorite console

I was think of looking into Soul Blazer and Illusion of Gaia first. I know the games aren't directly connected, but share elements or something; figured I might as well play them in order when I get around to them.

Gamecube

The small library didn't matter to me. It had enough games that I didn't notice at the pace I bought them.

This thread is dangerously close to being console war bullshit

My vote goes to the entire GameBoy Line, a line of backward compatible handhelds that stretched from 1989 to 2003 when the SP came out and combined sold over 200 million units, if we include the entire gameboy and all its successors as one continuous console it would be the second best selling in history with the 3DS+DS selling together about 210 million units combined

One could debate about just how good the consoles themselves were, but no doubt they are perhaps some of the most influencial machines made in the moderm consumer electronics era

For me it was the PlayStation 2.

Full backwards compatibility with the PS1 (a concept that was alien at the time) so you didn't have to just abandon your old library (if you had one) and if you never had a PS1 and wanted to try the games it was as easy as picking them up at the store or finally being able to borrow them from a friend.
It had a long long lifespan and a very huge library that had a whole lot of rather excellent games.
Some game series that fell apart in later generations were started or at their peak best on the PS2 (or at least during its lifetime).

Lastly, it was the last console (and console generation) where games had to be actually fucking completed before they were shipped out. Where there was no jewy DLC schemes and games were just video games and nothing fucking more.
you didn't have an uppity hipster crowd guilt-ridden and ashamed that they had never accomplished anything trying desperately to be considered an art critic because they blogpost about video games.

I guess it was just a better time.

Anyway, my second pick would be the PSP:Go, not because it was the greatest of all time but because I think it was the last true handheld produced with actual portability in mind.
Got rid of the stupid UMDs. Had a compact design. Didn't waste a lot of space. Fit nicely in your pocket.
It had its flaws..but fuck carrying a DS around is like stuffing a big cellphone in your pocket that's covered by an otterbox case (which are designed to clip to belts, mind you) and you can't carry a Vita in your pocket because you could fuck up the joysticks so you got to put it in a case and at that point you are looking at stuffing it into a backpack or something.

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Nigger, you're the only one who's baiting for console war faggotry.

How is being forced to download your games superior to having the option of a physical medium, even if it's the UMD?

I didn't personally, but i never really wasted my time with retail stores, i usually looked through flea markets, pawn shops and yard sales to get the shit i wanted.

In other words; "Never pay more than 20 bucks for a computer game."

This patch converts the pal version to NTSC, so you don't have to deal with 50fps
romhacking.net/hacks/541/

How is the lack of UMD (physical) support a plus in any way?. Are you dumb?.

I'd say he works for sony, but not even sony gave a single shit about the psp go, as far as i can tell it was just made as a fuck you to pirates.