thaddius' Console Roast 2014 Edition - Round 15 - Console Semi-Final

[Enchilada]

Xbox and Xbox 360 are great consoles, they shouldn't be here.
Anyway, I think the CD-I is better than all the consoles from the list, except the two Xboxes and OUYA. Sure, CD-I is crap too but at least you can have a good laugh before you throw it in the trash.

 

[sion_zaphod]

The Philips CDI is not a games console. Wikipedia says this about it:-

The Philips CD-i (Compact Disc Interactive) is an interactive multimediaCD player.

While it does have games for it. It should not be judged as a console because it was more of a multi-media device. It was the first HOME mainstream video disc player, it was capable of playing vcd's before any other gaming device could at it's time of release. It could play interactive content such as encyclopedia and video based games (true arcade perfect Dragons Lair, DLII, Space Ace etc before any other games console could). Plus it has the best versions of 7th guest, 11th hour, Burn Cycle and Defender of the Crown.

I own a CDI 210 and do not consider it a games console! Does anyone else agree that it should not be in this list?

Surely CDTV/CD32 should be included going by what you judge to be consoles.

 

[matpower]

However, the CDi was planned to be a console/addon.
Also you could say the same for the PS2, most people early on brought one because it was a cheap DVD Player, heck, even Sony marketed the DVD Player feature too.

 

[thaddius]

Zaphod makes a good point, if it's not a dedicated video games system we should never discuss it as people who like video games. The two should never come into contact with each other. Next time I'll leave out the CD-i, 3DO, PS2, Xbox, PSP, Wii, PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Wii U, PS4, 3DS, and Vita. They can all play movies in some way so why would we talk about them? Let me know which other consoles I've missed that can play movies and I'll put them on the chopping block.