The Big Question: What's The Best Console Ever Made?
This week's Big Question is very big. What's the best games console of all time? It's a fiery debate that will rage on the internet for millennia—and everyone has a different answer that they're convinced is the correct one. There's no objective truth here, and one gamer's trash is another gamer's treasure, but let's hear what our editors think anyway.
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Has there ever been a better console than the PS2? I don't think so. First, the design. That elegant monolith. Perfection. Later Sony consoles opted for more aesthetic complexity, but the clean-lined simplicity of the PS2 is still unbeatable. Then there's that sensational games library. Grand Theft Auto 3, Silent Hill 2, Final Fantasy 10, Persona 4, Metal Gear Solid 2, Shadow of the Colossus, Devil May Cry, Katamari Damacy… I could go on. Just an incredible collection of stone-cold classics. The DualShock 2 was awesome. It doubled as a DVD player. It's no wonder Sony sold a whopping 160 million of them.
The GameCube isn’t known as the purple cube of awesome for nothing. A console like no other, it comes in different colours, has one of the nicest controllers I’ve ever used and even has a handy carrying handle, making it look like a very funky, geeky handbag. Aside from the simplistic, classic design it also has many games I still love to this day. Mario Kart Double Dash, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Smash Bros Melee. All fantastic examples of their series. You can argue with me about Mario Sunshine but I stand by it and raise you Eternal Darkness, Metroid Prime and Luigi’s Mansion. Case closed.
My first console was the PS2, a mindblowing platform full of the best
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