@redx555:

Why?

I have yet to play a game over the past couple of console gens where I said to myself, "I wish I had more buttons".

^ Let's not forget that the D-Pad, or holding down one of the top ones (sometimes) gives you more options.

Bottom Line - This isn't Atari, or NES, or SG where you only had 1-3 buttons, and the past couple of gens have gotten it right... JMO

@TJDMHEM:

You want the best advice, get whichever one that your friends are playing on...

For all of the "Physical vs Digital" fighting going on, can we at least agree that options are good?

I haven't bought a physical disk in a while, but I would still prefer a disk drive option... JMO

@dragonsama:

"Mortal Kombat 2 was a monster in arcades"

That the problem that I was gonna avoid in my prev post. (besides the OG clunky controls)

I'd actually put MKII over the OG, due to arcade popularity. MKII was much harder to find an open machine than the OG. You'd put a quarter on the machine with the rest, and then ask around how many people were ahead of you... lol

@Richardthe3rd:

Nah, I get what you're saying, but MK has a strong following.

Personally I thought the first games controls were clunky, but I bought into the fatality stuff just like everybody else...

@zmanbarzel:

IDK, there's a few on this list that I think are too soon, and some older games are probably gonna get skipped over because of that... *shrugs*

(IMO) Too many 80's and 90's games missing from this list.

Galaga, Double Dragon/Final Fight, Pole Position/Daytona, Punch Out, Metroid, Castlevania, Killer Instinct.....

You know what, forget it. I have more to list, but I'm taking this list waaaaaaay too seriously ATM... ;)

@Barighm:

That's for "you".

Ask the average gamer, "What are the 2 biggest consoles makers ATM?"

99/100 will say Microsoft and Sony.

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BTW, that's not a slam on Nintendo. They make great games, but they need to build their 3rd party lineup to get back into that conversation. & I would like to see that happen (again) too...

@arclight007:

Sometimes that's true, and sometimes we go through long periods of peace.

Either way, we read and learn history for a reason...