Despite aggressive marketing--particularly anti-Nintendo--in the 80s, it wasn't until the introduction of Sonic the Hedgehog in 1991 as a direct competitor to Nintendo's Mario character that Sega was able to capture a meaningful amount of the market with its Genesis console.
Chat with our AI personalities
I like the PS3 because of the free online play but the Xbox 360 is also good. The new Nintendo console the Wii U appears to be the best if you include consoles that have an announced release. The PS3 320 GB and PS Vita WiFi 3G combo also seems like a winner and it allows you to have something to play when not at home. If you purchase the Playstation Plus you will be able to fill up the PS3 harddrive on free game that are playable on the PS Vita and or PS3.
Currently the largest library of games for a Nintendo console is the Nintendo Wii due to it also being able to play Gamecube games and offering older Nintendo games as downloadable content.
The Nintendo 3DS will be able to play Nintendo DS and DSi games but games published for the Nintendo 3DS will not be compatible with those systems.
The newest Nintendo DS system, as of February 2014, is the Nintendo 2DS. This system is a cheaper version of the Nintendo 3DS without the 3D feature. There are other differences such as not being able to fold in half and has only one speaker.
The Nintendo DSi cannot save pictures without an SD card. SD card must also be compatible with the Nintendo DSi to be able to save photos.