The PS1 was the best console of its generation. Hands down, no one will argue against this (and if they do they are fucking idiots because come the hell on guys).
But there were so many other consoles that also competed that gen. Almost all the others were, well, irrelevant and don't register. But two of them do. Made by the original stalwarts of the gaming market, they were the Sega Saturn and the Nintendo 64.
The Sega Saturn has a much bigger, deeper, and more varied library. However, the bulk of this library is in super niche genres, and a lot of the games ended up never being localized or released globally. Its games were also mostly emphasizing 2D at a time when 3D gaming was really taking off. However, in spite of all of this, it had a great library of some really good games - unfortunately, it was let down by its marketing, by Sony being as dominant as they were, and of course, by Sega completely dropping the ball on bringing over their big Mega Drive hits to the Saturn. But there were a lot of great games worth playing across a variety of genres.
The N64 library is extremely small, but that hardly matters when its best games are continued to be regarded as some of the best games ever made to this day. The N64 pioneered (or at least popularized) a lot of things in the console market, from analog sticks, four player multiplayer, and rumble. The N64 also has games that are blueprints for modern day 3D, including Super Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time. Goldeneye 007 was the first big console FPS hit. Nintendo opting for cartridges led to a total collapse of third party support (something they still have not recovered from thirty years later), but Nintendo and their partners managed to put out some meaningfully great games across a variety of genres.
Which of these two consoles do you think was the better one, and why?
