Most loved and most hated consoles?

[runequester]

What game consoles did you love the most, and which did you hate the most?
 
Whatever criteria you want.. games, controllers, hardware etc

[runequester]

For his tenth birthday I bought my son a Gamecube.  All his mates had PS2's and Xboxes.  They'd come over just to play Mario Kart 4 player, Super Smash Brothers, Fifa, Warioware, Mario Party, F-Zero GX, Mario tennis..  And then they'd take turns in Resident Evil 4,.  But it wasn't "cool" to have a Gamecube.

IMO games ARE about fun, and competing with REAL friends.  How many FPS's do you need to play in your lifetime?

Hell, half the reason I still spend so much time on amiga games is 2 player games.