Most Overrated Gaming Consoles

The Top Ten
1 Xbox 360

Microsoft got the most important thing wrong, being able to play the console. It red rings within 2 months. Controllers are faulty, and have a battery pack that crams your fingers on the back. You have terrible online services that cost money, and lots of it. What it all comes down to is that the Xbox 360 is an oversized piece of crap. You can get better graphics and reliable, free online multiplayer on a PC.

A piece of crap that everyone loves. It red rings within 2 months. What's the most important aspect of a game console? Being able to play it! And you can't play it if it red rings. People also say that Xbox live is the best online to date. No! It's another piece of crap that you have to pay for. Steam is free and works better. Not to mention PC games are superior and have better graphics.

Xbox is just overrated. 95% of the people who play on Xbox are either
1: spoiled 4 year olds
2: Spoiled 8-11 year olds who barely know how to play video games
3;Whiney Teenagers who scream and smash their controllers.

So my point is that Xbox Gamers (most of them, anyway) are pathetic compared to the kinder and more gentlemanly gamers on PC, PlayStation, etc.

Case closed.

2 Xbox One

It's not even out yet and has way too much hype over it! The Kinect sucks, the console looks lame, it is more about television than gaming, the controller seems to be worse than its predecessor, and has NOTHING to offer the gaming community other than great graphics. Halo 5 will be the first game from my all time favorite FPS franchise that I do not purchase because I'm not getting this. Not to mention that Nintendo is the only company who consistently releases consoles with backwards compatibility.

They say a console is built on third party titles... but the Wii's third party sucks and yet it sold way better than its com[petition. First party matters too, and this console is not good witht hat. First of all, it sells WORSE than the Wii you so I don't get why this console gets noc riticism for its sales when the Wii you gets dissed, second of all, the graphics are overrated, although graphics don't even matter that much, and finally, its more about television than gaming. That makes like, nos ense whatsoever. And I thought the 360 was overrated...

3 Playstation 3

I like both, but the 360 is better. It used to cost 500$. Damn, Don't get too happy I guess. The controller is horrible, the exclusives (Gran Turismo, Killzone, etc) are bland and in lower quality than Forza or Halo. The only upside is that Xbox LIVE Gold costs 60$, and if you get Xbox LIVE Silver, you can't play online or get free games, but PSN has free online (On the PS3, the PS4 online costs 60 big ones again). The reason is simple: Xbox LIVE doesn't want hackers to destroy their online, so they secure it and have it cost money.

Too expensive for too long, disappointing controller with bad analogue sticks, weakly implemented online services, weak security system, frequently has inferior third party games, way too complex hardware that doesn't give the benefits its expense suggests and is too difficult to develop for, blu ray drive is too slow for games and mandatory hard drive installs are a frequent annoyance, utter arrogance from a Sony and missed opportunity to build off of the success of PS2.

4 Nintendo 64

Most games looked like a a joke compared to what I playing on my PC. GoldenEye, really? Jedi Knight owned GoldenEye. And Shadows of the Empire looked like a urine sample prototype of Jedi Knight. And both the PC and Playstation had Final Fantasy VII. N64 did not. N64 had terrible controllers. Not a good selection of games. Maybe Zelda Ocrina of Time was the best game and even that one is nothing compared to many other games I was playing at the time and I even got bored quick with that one. I think the younger kiddies who had this as their first system all love this one. As a 1st Gen gamer I know better.

The Nintendo YouTuber TheJWittz stated that Super Mario 64 is his favorite game. While I do like the game. He's wrong about one thing. He says it has great replay value. While it is kinda true. I played and 100% Super Mario 64 like over 50 times already. And I'm starting to get bored of it. It was fun when I first played it but over time it became repetitive and boring. I respect JWittz's opinion, and I love him as well. But Super Mario 64 is not the best Mario game. Also every Nintendo youtuber I know loves this system and say it's the best. When in reality, it kinda sucks. The controller is not comfortable, the camera is dreadful, and the graphics didn't age well. Yes it was revolutionary in it's time, but is it the best console around. No.

5 Playstation 4

Are you kidding me. Xbox one number 2. For Christ's sake wake up people!

1. More productive controller

2. A truckload of more and better exclusives

3. Better design than any other console made

4. Replaceable hdd. Unlike Xbox one

5. Slightly better graphics.

6. Cheaper. Until now the prices are the same now. Just no Kinect on the one.

7. PlayStation now. Sony's streaming service on ps4 that allows you to play ps3 games.

8. Project morpheus. Sony's virtual reality headset coming out next year.

The PS3.5 is an extremely overrated console, there has been no worth mentioning games and it will continue for years. The Xbox is superior in online, multitasking, has better games, has a better controller, console is designed better so it doesn't overheat, will continue having better games, will have backwards compatibility, will have windows 10 PC/X1 crossplay, will have DX12, just to name a few things. The PS3.5 only has sales and a slightly better GPU.

6 Nintendo Wii

IPhone is more overrated because at least this plays real games like megaman and super Mario bros. The iPhone has nothing at all except non-game games (I can't even call these causal games. It is that bad) These games Angry Birds, Candy Crush, and Flappy bird are not even close to even being real games. iPhone also has a butchered version of both Megaman 2 and Megaman X due to horrible controls and Miro-transactions.
In other words, IPhone/Smartphone is the most overrated and Wii is a close 2nd.

This is my least favorite nintendo system yes it has good games, but they where nowhere near as challenging as the previous nintendo system games. The hardware could be better the online connection is kinda poor. The graphics look like an updated version of the original Xbox.

Should be number 2 on the list
Introduced motion controls the bane of many games existence. Many games had horrible or ruined controls because of motion controls. And the controller is overrated and weird and no the graphics aren't a factor
N64 one because of 90skids saying it's the best console of all of history but it isn't

7 Playstation 2

Oh. My. God. This thing is REALLY overrated.

Granted, it had some good games. But no, it's not the best.

If it wasn't for those few good games, this console would be a Sony version of the Sega Megadrive.

Mortal Combat, Metal Gear Solid, Grand Theft Auto, Final Fantasy and Shadow of the Collosus are all GREAT games, but they don't make the PS2 the best.

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (often regarded as the second best console ever) had in my opinion the best video game ever, Super Mario World as well as some incredible games like The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, Super Mario Kart, Super Mario RPG, Donkey Kong Country, Super Metroid, Yoshi's Island, EarthBound, Mega Man X, Super Castlevania IV, the list goes on.

What did the PlayStation 2 have? Bully, Resident Evil 4, a lot of good games, but in my humble opinion, the SNES is the best and the PS2 is the most overrated.

End of.

It was a good console, but I got sick and tired of hearing about it all the time back in the day.
Personally, I preferred GameCube and Xbox. Both had more exclusives titles that I liked, and they both had 4 controller ports. GameCube had the GameBoy Player, and Xbox had internal storage, so it didn't need memory cards (it was optional). PS2 had some good games like Kingdom Hearts and Persona 3/4, but only had 2 controller ports and for the multiplats, the PS2 version was the weakest.

8 Nintendo Switch

Ever since this released, every fake fan aka dumb-asses started hating on the 3DS for no reason and whenever it got a game, stupid Switch fans would cry and say "WHY ISN'T THIS ON SWITCH. 3DS, DIE! " I have a Switch, but still, that alone makes the Switch overrated.

It's great in terms of graphics and originality, but it pales in nearly every other category. The joy-cons are faulty, all accesories (including games) are way overpriced, online ain't free anymore..., and the games aren't that interesting aside from Super Mario Odyssey. How disappointing

It lacks 3rd party. The joycons are uncomfortable. The battery is pretty bad. Their are not much worthwhile exclusives on it, especially if you already own a Wii u. The online service is terrible. No ability to own virtual console on it.

9 Nintendo Wii U

So crap, developers don't want to make games for it, however I do hate how now that just because PlayStation and Xbox have crap like Call of Duty everyone hates on Nintendo consoles. Ones like SNES and N64 practically made video games what they are today. Also the 3DS is so underrated. It's so fun and addictive with so many great titles to choose from. STOP HATING ON Nintendo.

It's only thought to be overrated because of little third-party support. But nobody cares about third party games when you have Mario, Link, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Toad, etc. Etc. Etc. Etc.

How is this underrated? It doesn't even have good sales and not many people I know talk about and praise it much.

10 Nintendo Entertainment System

Although it DID save gaming from completely crashing (from the infamous E.T. game) the games are really hard, don't even work half the time, and if you lose in a game or turn off the system, you have to start ALL OVER AGAIN (except the first Zelda Game, which was one of the few games on the system that actually allowed you to SAVE your progress)

While the NES was revolutionary and played a huge part in saving the gaming industry it's just not that great of a system. There are many good games on it don't get me wrong, but there is not even 1 game on the NES where I would want to replay it over and over again and yes I had a NES. the Super Nintendo is miles apart a better console.

Now THIS was overrated beacause of nostalgia. It is a good console, and we have a lot to thank it for, but it is not as good as people make it out to be. I facepalm so hard when people (30 and older) compare this to newer consoles as if it were new technology. This is trash compared to them, to be honest.

The Contenders
11 Nintendo 3DS

Best console on earth! And this should at least be in the top five because you can get amazing games that you can't get on other devices and its small and easy to take around with you and its not only games, you can also do a couple of other things too so that's why the 3DS is such a good console!

It the best console ever created by man. Even Reggie Fils-Aime said that there is something wrong with you if you aren't planning on or don't already have Nintendo 3ds. Best console ever!

What is this doing on THIS list? Did someone think it was for the best consoles?

12 PC

Better than everything else. I understand the convenience of consoles, but now it's gone. You have to do the same thing with consoles today, just with crappy graphics. PC games always had better graphics than consoles did. Now it's less expensive to have a PC because of steam. I understand why people had game consoles in the 90's and early 2000's but now consoles are all crap

Not really relevant before playable and mainstreAm adventure games and fps games blew up at the end of the early 90s and most games were usually better on consoles and sort of boring past 2005.

Good luck trying to get even emulated games to work. You might need to get hundreds of dollar just finding the
Right computers and sound cards just to try and run a few.

Just another stupid ass console peasant who thinks that only fat people play on PC. - GamigDude800

And another even stupid person who thinks people who play consoles are peasants.

13 Xbox

It's underrated. Most people talk about the Xbox 360 or Xbox One, but hardly do I ever hear people talking about the Original Xbox. It was almost as underrated as the GameCube. Then again, it was Microsoft's first console. I guess not many people fully recognized the Xbox brand until the Xbox 360 came out.

14 Playstation

Overrated, has many bad games. Was on the market much longer than it should have been. One of the most uncomfortable controllers I have ever seen on a game console. Technically less advanced than Saturn or N64, not to mention later consoles. Dreamcast was certainly better than this. The company used questionable methods against competition and plagiarized many ideas from other companies (comparison: Pocket Station vs. Dreamcast VMU).

The only reason it was successful was the fact that it was easy to program for. The first controller sucked. The d pad was awful to use with fighting games. Beyond metal gear solid, it was just a bunch of watered down ports. The Saturn and N64 was way better. Even the 3do was better

It's the best PlayStation of the bunch, sure it had it's bad games, but there were many titles for various genres, not like today where a lot is shooter-based stuff. (Don't get me wrong I like shooters but if anything is overrated it's the shooter genre).

15 Nintendo DS

This is my favourite console. It deserved to be overrated. Nowadays, the Crapple Cryphone is so overrated and the updates made the system worse starting from ios 7 where they completely changed the design. Also, the video games and it's ads are horrible, still better than any port of Fortnite, even the mobile version.

A fine console, but by Nintendo standards, an atrocity. If their other consoles weren't so underrated, the DS would not be so overrated- but in comparison, it just doesn't deserve to so massively outsell Nintendo's other, better consoles.

The big problem with the DS is that the games use too much the touch screen.

Anyway the DS is a great console but there's not enough good games on it that aren't RPGs.

16 PlayStation Portable

The psp was not overrated!

Isn't this the vita

17 Nintendo GameBoy

The Gameboy is not overrated. It did not aged well but it's still a great console.

It's weird how this outsold the gamegear. The gamegear was in color, and you could actually see the screen

Never mind lack of color, how about that you had to be in DIRECT LIGHT all the time to play it

18 Super Nintendo

This was a great system. It was revolutionary. That being said, it does get a little too much credit. It had the L and R shoulder buttons, which were good, but kind of unnecessary for 16 bit games. They were awkward to use with fighting games, especially street fighter 2. The controllers in my opinion were too small, and fatigued my hands after a while. The Genesis was 50 US dollars less, and had just as good games, and a more comfortable controller (still didn't have enough buttons, though). This is too opinion based, but that is what I believe. Don't get me wrong though, the SNES was an outstanding piece of hardware, I think just a tad too much credit.

The Super Nintendo is a game system I really like. However, I believe it's a bit overrated, as it overshadowed the Sega Genesis, which was considerably better. I'd pick Sonic the Hedgehog, Streets of Rage, Road Rash, Toejam and Earl, and Ghouls n' Ghosts over Super Mario World, Star Fox, Super Metroid, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and Donkey Kong Country any day.

19 Nintendo Gamecube

This is a great console but the problem is that people nowadays treat it like it's the most amazing thing ever. Every console has their strengths and weaknesses, not every console is perfect.

Great console. Had the best controller ever (until Wii U) and a pretty epic library. Definitely underrated at the time, probably deserved to outsell PS2.

It's underrated. It Nintendo's second worst selling home console. It's such a shame too because it had such brilliant titles.

20 Xbox One S

The best console out yet. Has backwards compatabilly 4k digital contrast. Hdmi 4k. Beat that sony!

21 Dreamcast

This isn't overrated in anyway, the sales were good at the start but ps2 and gamecube crushed this poor thing. Will the wii you end up like this poor console?

Also, sega slightly helped with the original Xbox, so the dreamcasts successor is kinda the Xbox

Severely overrated. It had almost no exclusive must own games that were quality except Shenmue and a few fighting games if you like that stuff.

I don't see why this console was ahead of it's time just because it was the first system to go online.

22 Playstation Vita

This was underrated...

Better than stupid Xbox

Xbox not stoopid

23 Atari 2600

People need to stop judging their opinions of the Atari 2600 based on "ET: The Extra-Terrestrial", "Custer's Revenge", and "Pac-Man". Among those games are classics such as "Adventure", "Yar's Revenge", "Pitfall! ", "Space Invaders", "Battlezone", "Combat", and "Asteroids". Sure, there were duds, such as "Donkey Kong" and "Burgertime", and the Intellivision and ColecoVision featured superior graphics and sound, but the Atari 2600 opened the doors to generations of high-quality video games.

The games have not aged well to be honest. The NES is almost as old and it has hold up way better.

So all you need to do is not buy those games and it's good.

24 Sega Genesis
25 GameBoy Color

The Most Overrated of all Game Boy Color rip-offs The GB BOY COLOUR and is one of the main reasons why the 64DD got Discontinued.The Graphics are the same as the Game Boy Advance SP and the design is the same as The Game Boy Color.

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