Re: game consoles
By: Arelor to Morningstarr on Mon Dec 15 2025 08:22 am
> Re: game consoles
> By: Morningstarr to All on Sun Dec 14 2025 09:46 pm
>
> > Hey guys, what is your favorite gaming console? Playstation, Xbox, Ninten
> > switch???
>
>
> I think consoles were only worth it up to the 6th generation... afterwards,
> consoles became glorified computers with all the issues that brings.
>
> My best console of All Times has to be the Playstation. It was the first
> console that did CD games right, and despite all of its multiple issues, it
> managed to get very good games released on it. The Nintendo 64 had a lot of
> horsepower on paper and some quite good games, but the controller sucked bal
> and there was only so much data you could shove into a N64 cartridge compare >
to a CD. The Sega Saturn was out of the game very much from the start.
>
> The second best console, for me, would be the Playstation 2. It is easy to t
> it struggled competing in horsepower against the other consoles in its
> generation, but once again, it managed to get a BIG library that included mo
> good games. Meanwhile, XBOX had a limited number of heavy hitters (such as
> HALO) which were available on other platforms anyway, and the first controll
> lineup was too big for so many people. Its games looked awesome and a bit ne >
gen but under the good they were upscaled PS2 ports quite often.
>
> I have a special mention for the Sega Dreamcast. It didn't last long but it
> packed a nice punch with some arcade conversions that were quite good. Games
> such as Hydro Thunder are best played on Dreamcast if you don't have an arca >
cabinet, and the Dreamcast port is arguably better than the PC port, which i >
saying something. The controller was godawful, and many shooting heavy title > s
uch as MDK2 were very meh to play on it... these days using a controller wi > tw
o analog sticks to play Dreamcast games via an emulator is a game changer. >
>
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Did you have a Saturn? I did and loved it dearly!
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