Your Personal Least-favourite consoles

[YoshiEgg25]

Slightly off topic but I already dislike the way Nintendo puts the handhelds as their main product line while it has made a killing this way.
The consoles have fell wayside in terms of games support from 3rd parties.
Many people wanted a console 3d Pokemon game when the original gameboy game came out but they didn't release it they made Pokemon stadium instead.

Nintendo tried to do this with Pokemon Colosseum and Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness. They didn't sell that great, so that pretty much killed off any chance that we're going to see another one on consoles.

By the way, if you haven't played either of those games, do it. Very underrated.

[deadpixels]

Usually I can find at least one or two good reasons to own a system, though I have to say the CD-I doesn't get any love from me.

[msimplay]

Slightly off topic but I already dislike the way Nintendo puts the handhelds as their main product line while it has made a killing this way.
The consoles have fell wayside in terms of games support from 3rd parties.
Many people wanted a console 3d Pokemon game when the original gameboy game came out but they didn't release it they made Pokemon stadium instead.

Nintendo tried to do this with Pokemon Colosseum and Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness. They didn't sell that great, so that pretty much killed off any chance that we're going to see another one on consoles.

By the way, if you haven't played either of those games, do it. Very underrated.

But these were not a part of the main story otherwise they could have had the potential to be system sellers.
I mean even I personally steer clear of most side story games unless they are good in their own right.
To me side story means rubbish game that does nothing to further story.

It's like the difference between getting the next Final Fantasy of the next Final Fantasy Chronicles game.

You can tell in the name they are not Pokemon games that are the next in the sequence "Pokemon XD" "Pokemon Colosseum" If it was a Pokemon game it be called Pokemon black / white or whatever they call them.

Also note the Gamecube was getting whipped by the PS2 at the time many people besides myself just didn't like the console just one look at the controller and they were turned off.
In my local area no one had either an Xbox or Gamecube and thought the PS2 was the most powerful of the three.

[Balasubbie]

In my local area no one had either an Xbox or Gamecube and thought the PS2 was the most powerful of the three.

Where d'you live? Wrongsville? Zing.....

Your Pokemon/GCN logic is baffling. I mean, there's no story in Pokemon, it's the same
tale told perpetually. The GCN entries are every bit as valid, if nowhere near successful, as their handheld counterparts.

[YoshiEgg25]

You can tell in the name they are not Pokemon games that are the next in the sequence "Pokemon XD" "Pokemon Colosseum" If it was a Pokemon game it be called Pokemon black / white or whatever they call them.

But that's because those are the handheld variations. They clearly wanted to take advantage of the power of the GameCube instead of having another top-down adventure. Besides, the reason they're put on the handhelds is the connectivity. The GCN could take advantage of sending Pokemon to the GBA games, so it used that. You can catch those Pokemon and send them to your GBA games and vice versa.

Also note the Gamecube was getting whipped by the PS2 at the time many people besides myself just didn't like the console just one look at the controller and they were turned off.
In my local area no one had either an Xbox or Gamecube and thought the PS2 was the most powerful of the three.

It's got one of the best controllers ever, and the PS2 was far and away the least powerful, in terms of both graphics and CPU.

Graphics:
Xbox: 233 MHz
GameCube: 162 MHz
PS2: 147.456 MHz

CPU:
Xbox: 733 MHz
GameCube: 486 MHz
PS2 (slim): 299 MHz
PS2 (fat): 294.912 MHz

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Graphics:
Xbox: 233 MHz
GameCube: 162 MHz
PS2: 147.456 MHz

CPU:
Xbox: 733 MHz
GameCube: 486 MHz
PS2 (slim): 299 MHz
PS2 (fat): 294.912 MHz

Numbers aren't everything though. The Dreamcast CPU was 200 mhz, and the VR2 in it was something around 100mhz if I remember correctly, and it's home to some extremely pretty games that easily rival the rest of the 6th gen. consoles. Soul Calibur and F355 Challenge for instance.

[BoringSupreez]

Also, good graphics and raw numbers don't matter if the gameplay stinks. Gameplay should always be a gamer's first concern, and then graphics or whatever.

[msimplay]

But that's because those are the handheld variations. They clearly wanted to take advantage of the power of the GameCube instead of having another top-down adventure. Besides, the reason they're put on the handhelds is the connectivity. The GCN could take advantage of sending Pokemon to the GBA games, so it used that. You can catch those Pokemon and send them to your GBA games and vice versa.

Well looks like they made the wrong decision because it didn't sell very well apparently work people wanted Pokemon on their consoles in 3D but they got side story
It's got one of the best controllers ever, and the PS2 was far and away the least powerful, in terms of both graphics and CPU.

Graphics:
Xbox: 233 MHz
GameCube: 162 MHz
PS2: 147.456 MHz

CPU:
Xbox: 733 MHz
GameCube: 486 MHz
PS2 (slim): 299 MHz
PS2 (fat): 294.912 MHz

Thanks but I don't think you read what I said. I said "people thought" that the PS2 was the most powerful I already know it's the least powerful of the three.

It's got one of the best controllers ever, and the PS2 was far and away the least powerful, in terms of both graphics and CPU.

That would be a matter of opinion I personally think it's one of the shittest controllers ever.
I don't see anything that it has going for it it's just a PS2 controller with the layout muddled up for no reason with a one of the left buttons missing.
I remember the Gamecube had the potential to beat the PS2 specs wise but no one I know liked the controller and I literally mean no one.

I thought well Nintendo's controllers work well for Nintendo games so it should be okay.
Which it was once you got used to the layout but while the N64 controller had the analog stick they were showing off and the Wiimote has motion sensing.
I see very little point to the Gamecube controller being the way it is.

One plus I would give it would be that it is of course comfortable to hold however that didn't help me much I ended up getting blisters when playing Fight Night Round 2 on it due to the C stick being used as the second analog.
Also who can forget SNK vs Capcom 2 EO try playing that game on the Gamecube

If you like the controller fair play to ya but from my ends am glad that the Classic controller isn't modeled after the Gamecube one

Numbers aren't everything though. The Dreamcast CPU was 200 mhz, and the VR2 in it was something around 100mhz if I remember correctly, and it's home to some extremely pretty games that easily rival the rest of the 6th gen. consoles. Soul Calibur and F355 Challenge for instance.

Very true however we know that the PS2 was less powerful of the three when you compare ports to the Xbox and also ports from the Gamecube.
Examples being Metal Gear Solid 2 and Monkey Ball 1 / 2 and not just through raw numbers.

Also see the Resident Evil 4 port

Also, good graphics and raw numbers don't matter if the gameplay stinks. Gameplay should always be a gamer's first concern, and then graphics or whatever.

This is also my concern gameplay is always my first concern doesn't matter what console the game is on

[mluitjens]

I can't ever hate a console, however I do quite dislike the Atari 5200. The controllers barely worked, there was an extremely limited selection of games, and the console itself is too damned big. Did it really need that closet thing on the top? Some honorable mentions for disliked consoles are the Game Boy Advanced, Intellivision, Jaguar, and CDi.