What Is Your Favorite Playstation Console?

[Raider969]

Out of all the Playstation Consoles, which one is your favorite. Mine is Playstation 1. This was the first Playstation console that I grew up with and has lots of great games including Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro The Dragon, Final Fantasy 7-9, and many more that I missed. So what is your favorite Playstation Console?

 

[wonderfly]

I've got memories of all 5. I've only owned a Playstation 2, a Playstation 4 and a Playstation 5, but I've also got memories of playing on a friend's PS1 and PS3.

I'll go with the PS2. That was possibly my favorite generation of gaming (the PS2, original Xbox, and the GameCube). I actually only had the PS2 for a couple years, it was given to someone else when I moved to another town (and when I got settled down in the new town, I got an Xbox).....but even if I only had it for a couple years, it's the PS2. It's status is legendary among consoles.

But I'm enjoying my PS5 and look forward to having it for years to come.

 

[Classic Speedy]

Nostalgia-wise, the original Playstation. I've told this story before but back in 1997 I was actually planning to get the Saturn, due to its "3 game" bundle at the time. They were sold out, so I opted for the Playstation instead- in hindsight, it was a happy accident, as the Saturn went bust about a year later and I got a lot of mileage out of the PS1. (of course, I ended up getting a used Saturn a decade later but that's when I became a collector)

Objectively, the PS4 is probably the best, since it built on what the PS3 did but only better. And its menu interface is much better than PS3.

The PS3 does win some points back for backwards compatibility with PS1 games, which the PS4 lacked.

(I don't have a PS5 yet.)

 

[Pooky]

I have a lot of fondness for PS1 games, and nostalgia for the system in that era, but I've never actually owned a PS1; I've played my collection of them through my PS3 and PS2(s).

I'd go with PS2, between the nifty backwards compatibility and a number of fun platform exclusives.

PS3 I got for cheap at a Car Boot Sale/Flea Market a couple of years ago. It's good, but my collection has stayed fairly small; that era is when video games moved pretty far away from my own tastes. I didn't have much interest in it at the time. PS4 I have only marginal interest in, and I haven't considered a PS5 (though I would like to play the Ratchet & Clank and Sackboy games).

 

[Trevor]

I prefer the PS3. So while it can do almost anything (I’ve got the PS3 slim that doesn’t read PS2 discs), I still prefer it because it can play PS1 & PS3 discs, and Blu-ray, DVD & Audio CD.

I still listen to CD’s as they have better sound quality than any downloaded files (including FLACs), and if I want to import a song into a game why would I buy another digital copy.

 

[khuddle]

Objectively, the PS4 is probably the best, since it built on what the PS3 did but only better. And its menu interface is much better than PS3.

Agree with this.The jump from the PS3 to PS4 was HUGE, the difference in game quality was night and day. I can't say the same thing about the PS4 and PS5.

 

[Darklordavaitor]

I'll be honest, the only Playstation I own is the first one, but I have a lot of fond memories of it. I actually got mine a few years before getting an N64 and loved the Crash and Spyro series at the time, as well as Spider-Man.

When I was a little older, I got to and fell in love with Metal Gear Solid and was also able to dig into Square's RPG content, since it wasn't bank-breaking expensive to find some of those games at GameStop 15 years ago. I actually ended up preferring the SNES-era ports more than I did the PS1-era Final Fantasy games at the time, but I'm slowly making my way through VII now, and it's not bad, but maybe not the all-time masterpiece it's been claimed to be.

While I probably have fonder memories of the N64, I would have to consider the PS1 the superior system due to its impressive library and the variety it offered. I also think that one of the big reasons I think about the N64 is how much better it was as a party gaming system, but in terms of single-players and one-on-one fighting games, Sony wins.

But over the years, I ended up staying loyal to Nintendo, aside from a brief XBox phase in the mid-2000's. I am considering trying to get a PS5, as well as find a PS2-compatible PS3 in the near future to play catch-up on some of what I missed... or maybe a PS2 if it's cheaper, since I think most of the PS3-era games worth playing have been ported to the next generations. So maybe in a year or two's time, I'll have an answer for you guys.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

PlayStation 1, mainly because it's the only one that I own.

 

[Pronto]

I preferred handhelds to home consoles as a kid, so I used the PS1 and PS2 sporadically.

I enjoy the PS4 but I've only had it for a few years and have yet to play most of the games in my backlog for it.

Don't have the PS5 yet and I don't plan on purchasing one anytime soon.

I have to give it to the PS3 since it's the one I used the most. It had some excellent exclusives like Uncharted, Ratchet & Clank, Tales of Xillia and there were numerous high-quality third-party games to pick from. I feel the licensed game selection was especially good and remains underrated. It was also a fantastic media player and I spent countless hours watching streaming apps, dvds, blu-rays and usb content on it. The amount of free avatars, wallpapers and backgrounds was also a cool bonus.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

I have a lot of fondness for PS1 games, and nostalgia for the system in that era.

Same. One of the first video games I played as a kid was the PS1 title Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time.

 

[khuddle]

Don't have the PS5 yet and I don't plan on purchasing one anytime soon.

Smart move. Until the PS5 actually gets a catalog of interesting games, I'm sticking with my PS4,