Uploaded February 2015 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
When the original Playstation first came out, I remember being really skeptical about it. “The company that made that Walkman I got for Christmas in 1989 is making a video game console? Riiiiiiight, that’ll go well.” Shows you what I know. Playstation was the first console that presented a legit challenger to the Nintendo juggernaut, and they did it the only way a console really can; with really, really, really fucking good exclusive IPs. Would we still have Xbox today if the original Halo wasn’t a launch title? I doubt it. And I doubt we still have Playstation today without Cloud Stryfe and Solid Snake. Maybe my memory is a bit foggy after all these years, but I remember Final Fantasy VII and Metal Gear Solid being THE reason to own a Playstation in those early days. Out of the two of them, Final Fantasy VII has had a bigger lasting impact and was, ultimately, a better game. That doesn’t take anything away from the fact that, for it’s time, Metal Gear Solid was pretty damn incredible. While the series has more than jumped the shark in recent years, (at least in my opinion), Metal Gear Solid still stands as a high water mark for the franchise and for Konami and it absolutely deserves its place in the top ten on our countdown.
When the original Playstation first came out, I remember being really skeptical about it. “The company that made that Walkman I got for Christmas in 1989 is making a video game console? Riiiiiiight, that’ll go well.” Shows you what I know. Playstation was the first console that presented a legit challenger to the Nintendo juggernaut, and they did it the only way a console really can; with really, really, really fucking good exclusive IPs. Would we still have Xbox today if the original Halo wasn’t a launch title? I doubt it. And I doubt we still have Playstation today without Cloud Stryfe and Solid Snake. Maybe my memory is a bit foggy after all these years, but I remember Final Fantasy VII and Metal Gear Solid being THE reason to own a Playstation in those early days. Out of the two of them, Final Fantasy VII has had a bigger lasting impact and was, ultimately, a better game. That doesn’t take anything away from the fact that, for it’s time, Metal Gear Solid was pretty damn incredible. While the series has more than jumped the shark in recent years, (at least in my opinion), Metal Gear Solid still stands as a high water mark for the franchise and for Konami and it absolutely deserves its place in the top ten on our countdown.
