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[Grizzled Ghost]

Absolutely. Even putting aside the excellent game library and controller design.

XBLA, and Summer of Arcade especially, catapulted indie games into the mainstream and literally changed the landscape of gaming.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Microsoft took responsibility for RROD, that console design was a mistake (even with the power brick unattached).

Yes the hard drive made you roll your eyes, but this is a console that introduced group chat, and online service with little to no issues (security breach on PSN).

 

[Lokaum D+]

Here on Brazil ? Yes

 

[The Lunch Legend]

Here on Brazil ? Yes

In Brazil, the Sega Master System is unanimous #1 console.

 

[Gambit2483]

Microsoft took responsibility for RROD, that console design was a mistake (even with the power brick unattached).

Yes the hard drive made you roll your eyes, but this is a console that introduced group chat, and online service with little to no issues (security breach on PSN).

Was the 360 revolutionary in a few ways? Yes.

But so were other consoles for other reasons (of their time)

NES - Set the Standard controller design (saved gaming from 80s crash)

PSX - Made disc gaming an industry standard with enhanced gaming visual and audio presentation

N64 - Set the blueprint for 3D gaming and analog control in a 3D space (and force feedback)

Dreamcast - Brought the Arcade to the Home and made Online gameplay a reality

XBOX - Perfected Online gameplay/online gaming community

Etc. etc....Even consoles After Xbox 360 set industry standards or innovations...

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Microsoft took responsibility for RROD, that console design was a mistake (even with the power brick unattached).

Yes the hard drive made you roll your eyes, but this is a console that introduced group chat, and online service with little to no issues (security breach on PSN).

It's also the console that invented paying to play online

Before Xbox 360, playing console games online was free

Today, only playing PC games online is still free. The other 2 platform holders have copied Microsoft's amazing "innovation" and charge you to play online now

This alone should disqualify 360 from being Top 5 anything

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Absolutely. Even putting aside the excellent game library and controller design.

XBLA, and Summer of Arcade especially, catapulted indie games into the mainstream and literally changed the landscape of gaming.

Yes, the X360 is one of the most influential consoles of all time and is still the way we make consoles today. Let's see it:

• Took online gaming mainstream
• First console with achievements
• Started the modern indie game scene
• Made installing to hard disk the standard
• Defined dual thumbstick aming for console FPS
• Arguably took WRPGs mainstream with Skyrim, Fallout, Mass Effect, and Dragon Age
• Made online updates for games the standard

The 3DS, PS3, PS4, PS5, and Switch would not be what they are without the 360.

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

Doesn't make sense considering that most of the games also existed on PS3 and PC and there wasn't anything unique about the hardware. Xbox 360 greatest feat was being popular in America.

The console introduced true online play across the board, made the first official digital game store, and added achievements that now even retro games have included. All the stuff that is now standard for current and future consoles. On top of that it took away so many PS exclusives like Tekken, Final Fantasy, Ace Combat etc. As a Playstation fan at the time, the xbox360 walked in the meeting room and bent everyone over.

 

[ReasonBeing]

If we are limiting the options to home consoles, then yes.

PS1
Dreamcast
Genesis
Xbox 360
PS4

 

[Seider]

Switch, PS5, PS4, PS2, SNES, N64.....no....but I did enjoy Jade Empire, Halo, Gears, and Fable. I'd put it up there with Dreamcast, but not a goat, not enough games. Still amazing.

Not enough games the Xbox 360? xD

N64 had less than 400 games in its library xD

Xbox 360 had 4822 games.

 

[The Lunch Legend]

Xbox 360 had 4822 games.

The actual number is around 2,100 games.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

These poll results tell me quite a bit about the demographics of neogaf.

 

[San Dan Glokta]

These poll results tell me quite a bit about the demographics of neogaf.

Please enlighten us

 

[Black_Mamba]

The console introduced true online play across the board, made the first official digital game store, and added achievements that now even retro games have included. All the stuff that is now standard for current and future consoles. On top of that it took away so many PS exclusives like Tekken, Final Fantasy, Ace Combat etc. As a Playstation fan at the time, the xbox360 walked in the meeting room and bent everyone over.

PS3 had both the digital store and online play since launch. Xbox 360 had slightly better graphics performance due to the complexity of the PS3 architecture, but other than that, there wasn't any relevant innovation or unique features.

Think about the hardware of the NES, SNES, N64, PSX, the introduction of tech like Mode 7, 3D graphics, analog controller, first 3D Mario, all the classic IPs born on those consoles. Xbox 360 had Call of Duty 2 and a few first party titles, but compared to the PS3 it's 99% the same.

 

[Lokaum D+]

In Brazil, the Sega Master System is unanimous #1 console.

i had both Snes and Mega but yeah, Mega was a hit here too

1 . Snes/Mega
2 . PS2
3 . Xbox 360
4 . PS1
5 . Wii

All the 6 Kings of piracy over here

 

[Tg89]

Hard to say. I really enjoyed the 360 at the time, but in retrospect I have very little desire to go back to that era. I don't think I'll ever have nostalgia for that generation, maybe that's more related to the point in my life that it happened though.

SNES, PS2, PS1 and Switch are definitely ahead of it. I'd probably put Gamecube or PS4 in the 5th spot but 360 is in that group, I think GC/PS4 have higher highs but 360 has a ton of consistency/quantity.

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

PS3 had both the digital store and online play since launch. Xbox 360 had slightly better graphics performance due to the complexity of the PS3 architecture, but other than that, there wasn't any relevant innovation or unique features.

Think about the hardware of the NES, SNES, N64, PSX, the introduction of tech like Mode 7, 3D graphics, analog controller, first 3D Mario, all the classic IPs born on those consoles. Xbox 360 had Call of Duty 2 and a few first party titles, but compared to the PS3 it's 99% the same.

PS3 came out a year later....so xbox still did it first. A whole year ahead of PS3. As for the cell mumbo jumbo, they just shot themselves in the foot with that one and thank god they fired Ken Kutaragi. Guy almost singlehandedly destroyed the whole brand because of his ego that he thought he was some tech GOD. MS was always going to go the PC route and as it showed thats the way to go forward because what point is innovation in tech when you made it 10 times harder for developers to just port the same damn game. Curing cancer, being a super computer or calculating NAVY aircraft trajections, no player gave a shit about that.

Ps3 made it in the end but it took 3 years of basically shitty exclusives, terrible third party support for how hard it was to operate with cell. Only 3 years later they finally went into overdrive and started pumping out hits.

 

[begotten]

It's only a Top 5 console to Americans

 

[Black_Mamba]

Please enlighten us

53% Americans from gen Z.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Hmm no. PS2 and PS1 are better. Even PS3 i think. Maybe not during launch window, but Xbox eventually dumped its core audience and ofcourse had a rocky start with failures. I had 2 consoles die by late 2007. PS3 kept on going. PS4 is likely better as well.

I also prefer the Dreamcast and original Xbox to it. And SNES + Genesis. But the 360 software wasn't bad during its maiden years and it made online play the standard for consoles. They really had Sony cornered in significant markets, but they kind of tried to go for the audience that had just abandoned Wii. This initially worked, but wore out after a year.

 

[The Lunch Legend]

It's only a Top 5 console to Americans

Americans were the only ones who could afford the 360?

As I recall, the console was also very popular in the UK.

 

[SHA]

What happened to xbox? I skipped xbox og and jumped straight to 360.

 

[RavenSan]

Absolutely baffled to see so many posts with PS3 as a top 5. Fucking what? PS3?

My list is likely something like this:

1 PS2
2 N64
3 PS4
4 360
5 SNES

 

[NeverYouMind]

The actual number is around 2,100 games.

Maybe he is counting the classic Xbox backwards compatible library?

 

[Luc2010]

I still love the Xbox 360 controller for my PC gaming. I even had an adapter to play my Xbox 360 controller for PS3/PS4.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Absolutely baffled to see so many posts with PS3 as a top 5. Fucking what? PS3?

My list is likely something like this:

1 PS2
2 N64
3 PS4
4 360
5 SNES

PS3 is really good actually. It had a rocky start, and it was very slow with updates and installations and the such, but franchises like Uncharted, TLOU, Souls started on this system. And it pretty much kept pushing for single player experiences in a co-op and FPS crazed landscape. Plus, there was online play without requiring a fee. It was the last system I just bought, I put an aftermarket HDD in it, signed in and never paid for anything else except games. Meanwhile I played the shit out of Warhawk, BF2, Motorstorm 2 and Killzone 2 online. My old USB stuff such as Saturn PC controllers for 2d Fighters worked on it too.

Besides the IQ and perf (which 360 also suffered from), we ate really good that gen. I miss the rate of output and many IP.

 

[TheKratos]

Opinion invalidated.

SSD and performance modes alone make this generation top 5. We take fast loading for granted, but we forget easily how atrocious loading times were in the past.

I remember playing World on PS4 and staring at shit loading screen before every damn hunt, switched to PC with SSD and was shocked with the difference. Now it's a standard on consoles.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

probably not... but one of the best controllers and its a damn fine gta4 machine

 

[Seider]

Maybe he is counting the classic Xbox backwards compatible library?

List of all Xbox 360 games - MobyGames

4,823 video games were released on Xbox 360 from 2005 through 2020. They were developed by 135,469 people from 3,106 publishers and developers.

www.mobygames.com

There are 4,823 video games on Xbox 360. They were released between the years 2005 and 2020.

 

[HRK69]

Yes

 

[RavenSan]

PS3 is really good actually. It had a rocky start, and it was very slow with updates and installations and the such, but franchises like Uncharted, TLOU, Souls started on this system. And it pretty much kept pushing for single player experiences in a co-op and FPS crazed landscape. Plus, there was online play without requiring a fee. It was the last system I just bought, I put an aftermarket HDD in it, signed in and never paid for anything else except games. Meanwhile I played the shit out of Warhawk, BF2, Motorstorm 2 and Killzone 2 online. My old USB stuff such as Saturn PC controllers for 2d Fighters worked on it too.

Besides the IQ and perf (which 360 also suffered from), we ate really good that gen. I miss the rate of output and many IP.

I loved my PS3 -- I realize my comment may come off as critical of the PS3, but it was a great console! I was just shocked people put it top 5. - It's a top 10 for sure, but I just can't in good faith have it in the top 5

 

[Vaquilla]

I'd actually disagree that 360's second half was weak, it still got great games like Halo Reach, Gears 3/Judgement, Witcher 2, Alan Wake, Forza 4 and Horizon 1/2, Splinter Cell Conviction, Skyrim, Bioshock Infinite, Portal 2, Arkham City, Dead Space 2, Far Cry 3, Dishonoured, Rayman Legends, Metro 2033/Last Light, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Titanfall, etc.

As a 360 owner I had a great time with it in 2010-2015 and just ignored the Kinect stuff.

 

[Loboxxx]

If you're a Generation Z, you probably are. For others, no.

 

[NeverYouMind]

List of all Xbox 360 games - MobyGames

4,823 video games were released on Xbox 360 from 2005 through 2020. They were developed by 135,469 people from 3,106 publishers and developers.

www.mobygames.com

There are 4,823 video games on Xbox 360. They were released between the years 2005 and 2020.

That counts downloadable classic Xbox games and DLC packs...