I thought it would be fun to rearrange GameDaily’s response provoking Top 10 Greatest Consoles using the reader polls that accompany the list — in other words, the most deserving (listed) systems according to the popular opinion of site visitors. They are:
- NES (91%)
- Super NES (90%)
- Nintendo 64 (82%)
- Nintendo DS (74%)
- Sony PlayStation 2 (73%)
- Sega Genesis (70% popular vote)
- Nintendo GameCube (69%)
- Sony PlayStation (68%)
- Sega Dreamcast (57%)
- Microsoft Xbox 360 (35%)
Obviously, the Xbox 360 took unjust flack for being named number 1 on the original list, even if it bricks more often than it should. And I wouldn’t put the N64 that high, the DS isn’t a “console,” and the PS2 should be higher. Original list as follows:
- Microsoft Xbox 360
- Sega Dreamcast
- Sony PlayStation 2
- Nintendo DS
- Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- Sony PlayStation
- Nintendo Entertainment System
- Nintendo 64
- Sega Genesis
- Nintendo GameCube
Hot topic.