This is an article on The Guardian that looks at 25 consoles from the past decades up until today. The brief intro says:
On the threshold of a new console generation with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, here are the industry’s most influential and impactful machines over 50 years of gaming(https://i.imgur.com/hC6ABxu.png)
The 25 greatest video game consoles â€" ranked! (https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/jul/16/the-25-greatest-video-game-consoles-ranked?utm_source=pocket-newtab)
I saw this the other day but every time someone puts out one of these lists it just comes down to personal taste. This one's not that bad, it does include both the 3DO and the Jaguar which is cool. I definitely wouldn't put the SNES at number one but I can understand it. Honestly I don't know what my number one would be, too hard to choose!
I honestly feel the 2600 and the PS2 should be on the top of the list as they are the two longer selling consoles to date. The 2600 sold 25 million units in three decades (late 70's, 80's, early 90's) and it was dethroned as the highest selling console by the PS2 (almost 158 million).
I could agree with that :)