I know I Gamecube has already been discussed, but I'd like to add that I feel it got vindicated by the passage of time. At that time video game publications RELENTLESSLY picked on the Gamecube for having poor online support. On one hand, they are right. I do agree that Nintendo should have tried harder in that area.
With that being said, a lot of these multiplayer games that were all the rage back around the Gamecube came out? Can you still play those games online? And if you can, are you able to do it on the original console or did you have to buy a new console with a HD release of the game? All I know is that I can pop in any of my "behind the times" Gamecube games and they still work. Can't really hop online and play Halo 2 or Rainbow 6 anymore on my original Xbox. And if I can, are other people playing? I don't seem that have that problem with Super Mario Sunshine.
Sorry, I have a chip on my shoulder from that era about that subject. I said this before, but I think multiplayer gaming as a whole is VASTLY overrated. I'm not saying it doesn't have its place and other people shouldn't enjoy it. I just value the single player experience that much more.
I'm getting old.
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