PS2 was absolute peak, sure some of it probably nostalgia goggles but I feel like it was the sweet spot between how powerful was the hardware and how much you needed to actually innovate to make the game more fun instead of just chasing prettier graphics with mediocre gamplay.
If I had to pick one I would pick PS2 but I think that whole generation was riding a similar wave of innovation. Hell it also included the Dreamcast which was a good console with a good library that unfortunately got blown out of the water by being made to compete against three great ones.
It was also before game development got homogenized and became less about creation and more about constructing to a template, but at the same time, most of the major issues with 3D games had already been fixed.
Also one of the easiest piracy mods ever. Just pop your DVD drive out, hook it up to your PC’s motherboard, and flash firmware to it that makes it accept burned media
Oh yeah I forgot about that. I also remember it would totally burn out the laser because the discs you’d burn at home were not very high quality, or something like that. Lol
If one had to choose only one console with all compatible games I think the objectively best move would be the Wii. The Wii catalog is great in itself but you also get all GC classics, some N64 ports. The 360 era had some great games but it’s mostly grim and violent shit, I think I’d end up depressed af playing just the xBox catalog. But most importantly, you can play the Wii with non-gamers, an argument which singlehandedly wins the race
360 was the best console, it’s been downhill since.
the PS2 had over 4000 titles
PS2/GCN/XBOX was the GOATed console generation and it’s not even close - unless your favorite color is brown, I suppose.
PS2 was absolute peak, sure some of it probably nostalgia goggles but I feel like it was the sweet spot between how powerful was the hardware and how much you needed to actually innovate to make the game more fun instead of just chasing prettier graphics with mediocre gamplay.
If I had to pick one I would pick PS2 but I think that whole generation was riding a similar wave of innovation. Hell it also included the Dreamcast which was a good console with a good library that unfortunately got blown out of the water by being made to compete against three great ones.
It was also before game development got homogenized and became less about creation and more about constructing to a template, but at the same time, most of the major issues with 3D games had already been fixed.
That was the generation of the $200 HD-DVD player accessory because Microsoft backed the wrong horse. RROD. Kinect was born.
I’d say it was the beginning of the end.
Also one of the easiest piracy mods ever. Just pop your DVD drive out, hook it up to your PC’s motherboard, and flash firmware to it that makes it accept burned media
Dreamcast was even easier. You just needed to use an easily-burned boot disc.
Oh yeah I forgot about that. I also remember it would totally burn out the laser because the discs you’d burn at home were not very high quality, or something like that. Lol
I never ran into that problem. I hadn’t even known it was a problem.
If one had to choose only one console with all compatible games I think the objectively best move would be the Wii. The Wii catalog is great in itself but you also get all GC classics, some N64 ports. The 360 era had some great games but it’s mostly grim and violent shit, I think I’d end up depressed af playing just the xBox catalog. But most importantly, you can play the Wii with non-gamers, an argument which singlehandedly wins the race
Yeah. Of all the consoles of that era, the 360 leaned the most fully into the gray-brown military-obsessed chud culture of the mid-00s.
The homebrew channel was such a blessing
Compelling arguments, but it was nintendo. Nintendo never managed to produce even a single game which i would like to play.
i dunno… the original xbox with a modchip was pretty lit. Played so many free games… online even. Those were the good old days.