Greatest Video Game Console

[Guest]

These are the rules.

1) Polls for the first two rounds will be open for approximately two days. Semi-finals will be open for three. The finals will be open for four.

2) All polls will be public, so everyone will know what you voted for.

3) You must post a reason for your vote. You don't need to go into intense detail, but if I'm voting for the NES over the Colecovision (not in the tournament, but just as an example) an acceptable post would be "NES. It had greater longevity, a much larger impact, and dramatically better games." Pretty easy stuff.

4) Waiting to vote, especially in later polls, is probably a good idea. You never know if someone will make an argument that forces you to vote otherwise.

5) Most importantly, and I can't stress this enough, this is not a "favourite" tournament. If it were, I'd be voting the Dreamcast every round regardless of opposition and this thing would get boring very quickly. We all have that one system that touched our hearts and made us into gamers. That's not what this tournament is for.

Not to say that "greatest" is an absolute. If it was, there would be no tournament. These are the things to consider when voting.

- Sales.

- Impact on gaming.

- Longevity.

- Quality of software.

- Reliability of hardware.

The brackets are as follows. They'll be updated after every round.

First four polls go up April 1st.

Use this thread to discuss the tournament.

[SuaveStar]

Interesting first round brackets. With the exception of one, my votes are all already decided.

[slothian]

PS2 vs PS3 in the first round!

I only have two that I already have my mind made up about - the rest, I'm open to persuasion. If the E-2 gaming folk chime in relatively quickly (Dubs, Aaron, Drq, James) then I'm unlikely to waste my votes too much!

[Dread]

First round's easy in my mind. Second looks to be brutal.

[Missy]

I only see two I'm going to have trouble with in this round, but the next round will not be easy.

[Stavros]

I was totally confused by the lack of the Mega Drive until I looked it up and realised that in the US it was called the Genesis.

I'm totally fine with my picks up to the semis aside from PS2 vs Xbox 360. Tough call, I own and like both.

[Missy]

If y'all want to help promote the tournament outside of the forums, post this to your social networking accounts:

Earth-2.net is running a tournament to crown the best video game system of all-time. Sign up and vote! - http://tinyurl.com/yjs6jwu

[Guest]

Knowing that the forums are usually pretty dead on the weekend, should I post the next four match-ups tomorrow, or should I wait until Monday?

[Missy]

The tournament seems to be going pretty strongly so far, so I wouldn't delay.

Also, with the new episode of Doctor Who premiering tomorrow (), I expect the site to be pretty busy.

[Molly]

Depends on the amount of people traveling for the holiday, I'd say. A normal weekend, sure, but this is Easter, man. Don't piss off the rabbits.

[Missy]

Ah, I forgot it's Easter. Maybe holding off 'til Monday is the better idea.

[Molly]

I mean, I'll be around, but I'm a pariah. I don't know what the normals are doing.

[Venneh]

I'm stuck at home here (fucking Zombie Jesus crap), but I'll have the intarnets the whole time.

[Guest]

What I might end up doing is posting the next matches tomorrow, but extending the voting period.

We're stuck until someone breaks the N64 - 2600 tie though.

[Guest]

PS2 beats the PS3

X-Box 360 beats the Wii

Atari 2600 beats the N64

PSX beats the Gamecube

Brackets updated. Next four matches go up later today. I'll keep the voting open till Tuesday due to the holiday.

[KnightWing]

PS2 wins this one.

[Missy]

Only one of those disappoints me, but I can see why people chose the 360 over the Wii.

[Stavros]

PS2 vs Xbox 360 is a battle of my two favourite consoles, in fact they're the only consoles I've liked enough to own. I honestly don't know which way I'll go right now.

[Missy]

Keep in mind, though, it's about which one is better. Not which one we favor.

[Stavros]

Keep in mind, though, it's about which one is better. Not which one we favor.

I know, I know. It would probably be the PS2 but I don't really use X-box live at all, so I'm not in a position to judge how much that adds to the 360. I'll have to think about it.

[SuaveStar]

PS2 doesn't have a record of fucking up once every year with the red ring of death.

[Guest]

PS2 doesn't have a record of fucking up once every year with the red ring of death.

Disc read error says hello.

Either way, save it for the thread.

[Stavros]

PS2 doesn't have a record of fucking up once every year with the red ring of death.

True, but the warranty extensions go a long way towards correcting that problem, plus its not like PS2's have some great life expectancy. My second hand one lasted 5 years in my care but from what I understand that's the exception.

[Guest]

Voting for this round ends at 5 EST tomorrow.

[Missy]

Shit, I cannot wait for the next round! There have been some blowouts thus far, but that is so going to change! The decisions are going to be tougher, and the debates are only going to get better.