Earlier this month, we hosted a poll here on the site in conjunction with PlayStation's 25th anniversary. We asked our community about their favourite Sony console, offering six possible voting options: Original PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PSP, PlayStation 3, Vita, and PlayStation 4. Over 900 votes were cast, and the results are perhaps a little surprising.
With a whopping 42 per cent of the vote, it's Sony's current-gen console, the PS4, that takes the crown as the Push Square community's favourite PlayStation system. The PSone managed just 17 per cent, while the PS2 did a little better at 24 per cent. The PS3 took fourth place with 13 per cent, while the Vita just pipped the PSP, at 3 per cent and 1 per cent respectively.
Although there's bound to be some recency bias at work here, it's still an interesting result. There's no denying that the PS4 is a fantastic console, but we did expect a lot more support for the classics, especially the likes of the PSone and PS2.
What makes this study even more interesting is that we also asked users what their first PlayStation console was. A huge 71 per cent said it was the PSone, and only 5 per cent said PS4. This shows that most voters have probably been sticking with PlayStation for a long time, yet the PS4 is still considered by many to be the best of the bunch. If that's not the mark of a great system, then we don't know what is.
Are you surprised by these results? Give us a rundown of your PlayStation legacy in the comments section below.
[source News: Poll: PlayStation Is 25 Years Old Today - What Is Your Favourite PlayStation Console?]
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Not real Sony fans if you didn't vote for the Vita
I demand a recount, A RECOUNT!! Ah sorry, just getting ready for tomorrow..
The PSone was robbed I tell thee!
Not surprised no. Your reference to its recency has a large roll in the poll
My favourites are - PS1, PS2, PS3 & PS4 Sorry I can't choose because I LOVE them ALL
Still PS2 for me, there were just so many great franchises that got their start on it, plus local multiplayer was king.
Well yes of course the PS4 is the best, many of my favourite PS1 games are on the PS4 now anyway in enhanced form. Added to that are the PS4's own great games such as Horizon, Persona 5, Yakuza 0, all the Uncharted games, soon to be 2 The Last of Us games, Spiderman, God of War, Death Stranding, Astro Bot and PSVR and many many more available, even GTA Vice City and San Andreas from the PS2.
Absolutely no contest
While the PS4 has had some absolutely incredible experiences, I actually rate the 60GB launch model PS3 as my favorite since it also played PS1 and PS2 games. It's the one PlayStation system that didn't need to rely on ports of legacy titles in order to enjoy AND still used the extra horsepower of the system to enhance the legacy titles (albeit in a limited capacity).
Unfortunately, it HAS to be the launch model PS3 as it is the only model that still has backwards compatibility to this day - the newer models had the software-based backwards compatibility patched out.
Now, if a PS5 brought back that backwards compatibility in the form of PSOne Classics and PS2 Classics compatibility (though reading physical media wouldn't be a bad perk, either), it could beat out the PS3 in my book.
Voted for Vita because it deserves its chance to shine 💪
Love my PS4 though 🙂
I l💖ve them all.ps1 made me fall for PlayStation.and i bern with sony since day 1.word up son
PS1 will likely never be topped for me. PS2 comes close, though.
Fat ps3 was still the best "hardware" imo. For 600 bones you got a ps2 and 3 and bluray player. At the time a stand alone bluray was a stack
As a collector of p's games my collection of ps3 ones far outweighs the rest. Just a pity some of the classic multiplayer from that gen is either very dead or dieing.
2, 4, 1, 3 would be my order. Though all have been terrific honestly.
I think this just shows how current and future facing the PlayStation community is, not looking back on glorys past. We want new and we want it now! I've been with PlayStation since launch day in the UK back in 1995, and while I have great memories of each system, each one has improved on the last, moving gaming forward.
I've been playing playstation console since psone (we call it psx back then), I thought psone will be higher on the list. Oh well, ps4 is my second fav console so it's allright I guess 😃
Every console has their own flaws, but for me the more advanced the console is technically - the better it is overall. So PS4 naturally takes number 1 spot. And I am pretty sure PS5 will be taking that spot.
Been playing since ps one, and it has to be ps2 for me, think the ps2 bought gaming to a wider audience not aimed at kids, also the games were brilliant. Also the inclusion of a dvd player made it more of an entertainment box, as ps2 was cheaper than a dvd player at the time, also the ps2 bought online gaming in the latter day Although all 4 consoles were brilliant ps2 has to be the game changer for the industry. PS all the way
@Neolit - i voted PS3!.
I have owned them all & the PS4 is the best one for me I love the rest as well.
As a famous games company once said "The name of the game is the games" and PS4 kicked a** in that department.
Missed this poll but voted belatedly - no inhuman effort here anyway. Vita remains my favourite, PSP is a close second (and the first PlayStation I've owned). PS4 is third (and favourite among Sony's home systems for sure), but I'd never even own it if not for Vita, so that and the limited but appreciated PSP compatibility only helps cement the latter's domination in my book.
Can't say I expect that roster to change seeing as Sony is still out of the portable market for the visible future and I have yet to hear something that would truly wow me about PS5.
It's slightly higher then that actually cos for first PlayStation question I accidentally picked PS4 when I meant PSOne
For me it was the PS3 it was a big step up in graphics and online gaming. The only realy jump the PS4 made was having VR and thats hardly set the world on fire with the numbers sold.
Fat PS3 was my number one. It still lives and covers 1, 2 and 3. PS4 has had some great games but I've been disappointed with performance. My first PS4 sounded like a jet engine, died, was replaced but then superseded PS4 Pro which also sounds like a jet engine. And now, just three years later it's collecting dust except for exclusives as it's outperformed by both one X and PC and they are close to silent. I hope PS5 has proper backwards compatibility so I can bin the noisy ps4
I still have all mine. They all still work nicely and it was a difficult decision to choose which I liked more. In the end though I had to choose the PS2. With the Jak & Daxter series, GTA III, Vice City and San Andreas it blew my mind.
The ps vita will always be my favorite
I’ve got all the models except the PS2; I’d veered Randomly off to the GameCube after the PS1. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed them all. I was late to the PS3 party so all the PS+ AAA’s were a godsend to me (and still wading thru them...). Got the PS4 then Pro within a month of them launching - all the quality of life features in the current gen better follow over into the 5ive. And I love my handhelds - got a Phat PSP (white) and an OLED Vita - all still played too. It’s great being part of the ps ‘family’ and I’ve been gaming since 1982, so this isn’t teenage fanboyism speaking ...
Me so Sony. Me love you long time.
I love me some PS4, but my fave is a tie between the Vita and the PS2
The PS2 has weird interlaced flickering, even in emulators. For that reason, it is my least favorite. My favourite is the PSX, which looks great upscaled in Retroarch and with the wobbling vertices corrected.
@redd214 Same order for me, more or less.
I had a PSOne for a couple years back in the late 1990s and didn't get another PS until I bought my PS4 Pro last year.
As I always say Line up all 4 PlayStations running demos and pick one. Close to everyone would pick a PS4. The same will hold true with the PS5. The Hardware improves with each generation. I enjoy old updated games more than pulling out my old systems and playing the same game on them.
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