04-08-2022, 08:13 AM
On the fence about this because both of those make good points. Do feel some of those in the Other Systems are more on the borderline. While a lot of these aren't ever going to be popular enough to make a Top ranking, some like the PS4 and the TurboGrafx-16 aren't much further away than the Top 25 and could do with the extra exposure. To use an English football comparison, they are the West Bromwich Albion of sprite ripping. Too good for the Championship yet not good enough for the Premier League.
On the other hand, some of those that's already part of the Top 25 are only made popular due to a single game or a single game series e.g. Game Gear wouldn't even be on the Top 25 at all if it wasn't for Sonic that the majority of fans themselves shrug against its existence or PS3 for Persona 5 (why when the superior Royal version is also ripped?). Of course, this is an issue that has been ongoing from the start since there will always be a dominate series on certain consoles that skew the rating systems a bit (e.g. Pokémon for the entire Game Boy series, Sonic for the Genesis).
Had visibility regarding mobile devices wouldn't be an issue, then the easiest and fairest solution would be to just list all the systems. Yet it wouldn't be compatible with the layout that the site uses.
If tSR was done by the older grouped by series like it was pre-2008, then you'll more or less only going to get the most popular series and games pushing everything else away.
On the other hand, some of those that's already part of the Top 25 are only made popular due to a single game or a single game series e.g. Game Gear wouldn't even be on the Top 25 at all if it wasn't for Sonic that the majority of fans themselves shrug against its existence or PS3 for Persona 5 (why when the superior Royal version is also ripped?). Of course, this is an issue that has been ongoing from the start since there will always be a dominate series on certain consoles that skew the rating systems a bit (e.g. Pokémon for the entire Game Boy series, Sonic for the Genesis).
Had visibility regarding mobile devices wouldn't be an issue, then the easiest and fairest solution would be to just list all the systems. Yet it wouldn't be compatible with the layout that the site uses.
If tSR was done by the older grouped by series like it was pre-2008, then you'll more or less only going to get the most popular series and games pushing everything else away.