thaddius' Console Roast 2014 Edition - Round 9

[WhiteMaze]

and the Dreamcast did stop working 6 years later but if you turn it upside down it works like a charm.

I'm still laughing at that. Seriously? xD

 

[WiiCube_2013]

My Dreamcast still works flawlessly to this day, as well as my NES, SMD and others.

I actually have not had a console die on me (RRoD/YLoD/BLoD).

 

[stinkoman]

The dreamcast was perfect, the PS2 and GC were amazing. The xbox was alright, so it gets my vote by default. Sorry xbox.

 

[cracker]

I'm still laughing at that. Seriously? xD

I've done this with PS1s and other consoles too. It allows gravity to pull the laser slightly closer to read discs better when they are dying.

 

[Cid2mizard]

The votes are distorted, the xbox is by no means the worst console of the sixth generation ...

 

[The Real Jdbye]

The votes are distorted, the xbox is by no means the worst console of the sixth generation ...

Of the mainstream consoles I would say that it is.

 

[Cid2mizard]

The general public has not even known the Dreamcast, so its life was short ... The xbox is awesome in every way, I do not understand this classification ...

I think the votes come from people who have not even known these two consoles ...

When the xbox came on the market, it all torn ...

This is the best console of the sixth generation ...

I still have a Dreamcast and xbox, dreamcast is stored in a carton, the xbox is connected to an old TV.

The Dreamcast is very complex, there are very few good games ...
The xbox is easy to use, there are a lot of good games (Halo, PGR, Forza, etc ...)

 

[shango46]

I can't believe that the GameCube has less votes than the XBOX. Didn't anyone soft mod their systems? A modded XBOX was my favorite console so far. It did emulation very well (up to PSX anyways. N64 was getting better, but some games still unplayable) and had some very interesting homebrew (I wasted so many hours on XLime trying to beat the big slime. Never happened). It even had very easy customization abilities for multiple launchers. Media X Menu was my favorite launcher, and I even made a bunch of skins for it (One was even a random ICP music video playing skin. Random video each time you went in to MXM. Had it loaded with like 8 ICP videos that all played perfectly while I selected my stuff). Heck, how about built in trainers for games?

As far as I am concerned, the XBOX was one of the best consoles of the generation. Have you ever modded a GameCube? It sucks! You can either solder in a modchip AND replace the case to allow for full size discs, or you have to have a network adapter and a special Phantasy Star game to try and then stream games or homebrew via your home network, which really sucked. There was a little bit of homebrew that came out, but no where near that of the XBOX or the PSP. And having to have a special copy of Action Replay to do certain things did not make things any easier.

tl;dr - XBOX is way better than GameCube, in my opinion and personal experiences anyways.

 

[CrimzonEyed]

~snip~

So the Xbox was better because of homebrew?
as a owner of both xbox and GC I played on my GC a ton more than the xbox (I loved most wanted on the xbox though )

 

[Foxi4]

Practically all four systems are great, the rest is a matter of personal preference. All had great stuff to offer, however some people value some qualities more so than others. The PS2 has the largest library of games, the GameCube has Nintendo content, the Dreamcast is a gold mine of arcade-style games and brought online gaming to the masses and the Xbox was the system that took online connectivity to the next level. The Xbox is winning in the poll not because it was a terrible system but because it was Microsoft's first clunky foray into the console business - it was a big, chunky, often overheating piece of electronics with little exclusive content to offer, however it definitely was the final stepping stone between "old school" systems that focused solely on gaming and "new school" systems of today that are all-encompassing entertainment hubs (except for Nintendo ones - they didn't get the memo yet), and that's an achievement in itself.

 

[TecXero]

I had to vote PS2 as the worst. Not because it had bad games. I was purely thinking of the console itself. The thing that turns me off to the PS2 was mine kept having hardware problems. I know the Slim doesn't have nearly as many problem, but at the time I never had as much frustration with any console than I did with the original PS2 model.

My GameCube, and Dreamcast both still reliably work 14 years later. I did have a Xbox for a short time, but other than Jet Set Radio Future and Oddworld, I didn't feel much need to hold onto it. I'll probably pick up another one if I see one cheap enough.

 

[Taleweaver]

The general public has not even known the Dreamcast, so its life was short ... The xbox is awesome in every way, I do not understand this classification ...

I think the votes come from people who have not even known these two consoles ...

Sorry, buddy. This is the internet. You'll encounter people with different believes than their own. If it comforts you, it has been said many times in the comments that this generation simply had no bad consoles. So here, people are voting more for their 'least favorite' console.

Attacking people for their opinion isn't going to convince them, though.

 

[WhiteMaze]

I had to vote PS2 as the worst. Not because it had bad games. I was purely thinking of the console itself. The thing that turns me off to the PS2 was mine kept having hardware problems. I know the Slim doesn't have nearly as many problem, but at the time I never had as much frustration with any console than I did with the original PS2 model.

My GameCube, and Dreamcast all still reliably work 14 years later. I did have a Xbox for a short time, but other than Jet Set Radio Future and Oddworld, I didn't feel much need to hold onto it. I'll probably pick up another one if I see one cheap enough.

Same here. Both my Dreamcast and Gamecube work like a charm to this day.That's 15 years of working condition. And neither of them are in the greatest of shapes either.

Meanwhile my god damn Xbox broke twice, my Xbox 360 died after 1 year, and my PS2 slim went to s**** after I finished Final Fantasy XII. Like seriously. I bought the Final Fantasy XII bundle, and it died on me after 1 playthrough. What the hell?

I haven't had the best of luck with Microsoft's and Sony's hardware..

Oh, oh, by the way, I've had 6 PSP's.

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[TecXero]

Same here. Both my Dreamcast and Gamecube work like a charm to this day.That's 15 years of working condition. And neither of them are in the greatest of shapes either.

Meanwhile my god damn Xbox broke twice, my Xbox 360 died after 1 year, and my PS2 slim went to s**** after I finished Final Fantasy XII. Like seriously. I bought the Final Fantasy XII bundle, and it died on me after 1 playthrough. What the hell?

I haven't had the best of luck with Microsoft's and Sony's hardware..

Oh, oh, by the way, I've had 6 PSP's.

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I agree, but I will give Sony this, at least their stuff is easy to work on. Nintendo products are a pain to work on half the time, though they don't fail nearly as often. I'm still using my original PSP Slim. It's had some problems over the years but I fixed it every time. With how much I use it due to its homebrew-ability, it doesn't surprise me it's had a couple of problems. I've never had to work on a 360, but the original Xbox was easy enough to work on since it was essentially PC hardware in there. Both the disc drive and hard drive are easily swapped out.

 

[cracker]

I had to finally go with Gamecube as my "least favorite" just based on it being the one I have wanted to play on/use the least.

 

[WhiteMaze]

I agree, but I will give Sony this, at least their stuff is easy to work on. Nintendo products are a pain to work on half the time, though they don't fail nearly as often. I'm still using my original PSP Slim. It's had some problems over the years but I fixed it every time. With how much I use it due to its homebrew-ability, it doesn't surprise me it's had a couple of problems. I've never had to work on a 360, but the original Xbox was easy enough to work on since it was essentially PC hardware in there. Both the disc drive and hard drive are easily swapped out.

Agreed. The original Xbox was easy to fix due to it being a pc with a green circle on top.

Mine fried the motherboard though. Along with everything else.

 

[Foxi4]

Agreed. The original Xbox was easy to fix due to it being a pc with a green circle on top.

Mine fried the motherboard though. Along with everything else.

Just because something is following PC-like standards doesn't really mean that it's a PC. Neither the GPU nor the CPU have exact PC equivalents, the system is very much a console and has console-like API's. There was a rumour that it was running a Win 2000 derrivative, but those turned out to be false - the system was designed from the ground up, it wasn't a PC in disguise. The same can be said about the PS4/XBOne.

 

[WhiteMaze]

Just because something is following PC-like standards doesn't really mean that it's a PC. Neither the GPU nor the CPU have exact PC equivalents, the system is very much a console and has console-like API's. There was a rumour that it was running a Win 2000 derrivative, but those turned out to be false - the system was designed from the ground up, it wasn't a PC in disguise. The same can be said about the PS4/XBOne.

I believe he meant that simple malfunctioning parts, could be easily replaced.

The DVD drive was found easily enough in a PC shop. And so where many of its other components, should any need for repairs arise.

 

[dario14]

Gonna have to vote Xbox. Never felt compelled to buy one. Halo was for bros and jocks who otherwise didn't play games. I've always been intrigued by the Dreamcast and Shenmue. Maybe I'll get to play it on reicast. PS2 had RPGs and MGS. Some of my best gaming memories with friends were on GameCube though. Melee. Double Dash. 'co-op' Wind Waker Tingle dropping bombs via GBA. Visiting friends' towns in Animal Crossing. Dying a million times in Ikaruga. Freaking out when Eternal Darkness told me my memory card corrupted. The wavebird controller was the first to get cordless right.

 

[tbgtbg]

I don't know what you people did to break your Xboxes, because that thing's a tank. Mine's from launch and I still use it practically every day. Once in a while I have to go in and adjust the modchip, since it's a solder free version and sometimes it gets jostled loose, but beyond that, I bet this thing outlives me. And hey, it's big enough that they could repurpose it for my coffin! SHWING!