10 Best Consoles For Horror Games

One of the finest and most wanted depictions of horror are the ones from and by the videogames; throughout nine generations of consoles and countless titles these platforms have provided what several people consider the most frightening and personal way of experiencing fear.

But, given the fact that through different generations we have been bestowed consoles galore, each with its corresponding cons and pros, which are the ones that rise above the rest as the ones with the best catalogues?

Just to clarify, I am addressing only catalogues and titles; controls and components of the consoles per se will not be taken into account due to the subjectivity sorrounding that regard; however, some of these aspects will be mentioned as mere additional information.

PlayStation (1994)

Exclusive titles/Original releases:  Resident Evil Trilogy (1, 2 & 3: Nemesis), Silent Hill, Dino Crisis 2

Other worth-mentioning games: Parasite Eve, Clock Tower, Koudelka

Average price on the market as of now: $ 2500 MXN

Better known for: Being home of the starting point of the most important and groundbreaking horror franchises of all time (Resident Evil and Silent Hill).

^{Parasite Eve}

Nintendo GameCube (2001)

Exclusive titles/Original releases: Resident Evil 4, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem, Resident Evil Remake 

Other worth-mentioning games: Resident Evil Zero, The Haunted Mansion, BloodRayne

Average price on the market as of now:  $ 4800 MXN

Better known for: Having the best titles in the Resident Evil franchise (Resident Evil 4 and REmake) and the most underrated horror game of all time (Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem) as well.

^{Resident Evil 4}

SEGA Dreamcast (1998)

Exclusive titles/Original releases:  Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Illbleed, Blue Stinger

Other worth-mentioning games:  D2, Dino Crisis, The House Of The Dead 2

Average price on the market as of now: $ 5500 MXN

Better known for: Being the most underrated videogame console of all time.

^{Resident Evil: Code Veronica}

Xbox (2000)

Exclusive titles/Original releases: Doom 3, Call Of Cthulu: Dark Corners Of The Earth, Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams

Other worth-mentioning games: Fatal Frame Special Edition & Fatal Frame 2: Crimson Butterfly Director's Cut, Manhunt, The Thing, 

Average price on the market as of now: $2300

Better known for: Having the most violent and scariest horror catalogue and being the second best just behind the PlayStation 2.

^{Call Of Cthulu: Dark Corners Of The Earth}

Nintendo 64 (1996)

Exclusive titles/Original releases: Doom 64, Nightmare Creatures, Shadow Man

Other worth-mentioning games: Resident Evil 2, Castlevania, Hybrid Heaven

Average price on the market as of now: $ 5000 MXN

Better known for: Having the scariest non-horror games in the market (Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire and The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time) and the miraculous port of Resident Evil 2 from a two-disc set (1.2 GB) to a single cartridge (64 MB) without cutting out any content whatsoever.

^{Shadow Man}

PlayStation 2 (2000)

Exclusive titles/Original releases: Team Silent Trilogy (Silent Hill 2, 3 & 4: The Room), Fatal Frame Trilogy (1, 2: Crimson Butterfly & 3: The Tormented), Rule Of Rose

Other worth-mentioning games: Siren, The Suffering, Haunting Ground

Average price on the market as of now: $ 3000 MXN

Better known for: Being the greatest videogame console of all time, being the one that has been sold the most (more than 150 million copies) and having the strongest horror catalogue to date.

^{Silent Hill 3}

Xbox 360 (2005)

Exclusive titles/Original releases: Dead Space & Dead Space 2, Condemned: Criminal Origins, Left 4 Dead & Left 4 Dead 2

Other worth-mentioning games: Alan Wake, Dead Rising, Alien: Isolation

Average price on the market as of now: $2700

Better known for: Having the best horror catalogue of the seventh generation of videogame consoles (Wii and PlayStation 3).

^{Dead Space}

Playstation 3 (2006)

Exclusive titles/Original releases: The Last Of Us, The Evil Within, Siren: Blood Curse

Other worth-mentioning games: Alien: Isolation, Silent Hill: Homecoming, Limbo

Average price on the market as of now: $2500

Better known for: Having the best-valued and most renowned horror game of all time (The Last Of Us).

^{The Last Of Us}

Nintendo Switch (2017)

Exclusive titles/Original releases: Layers Of Fear: Legacy, Detention, Tormented Souls

Other worth-mentioning games: Little Nightmares 1 & 2, Outlast 1 & 2, Madison

Average price on the market as of now: $6000

Better known for: Being the best modern platform (other than the PC) to play horror videogames.

^Madison

SEGA Saturn (1994)

Exclusive titles/Original releases:  Enemy Zero, D, Deep Fear

Other worth-mentioning games: The House Of The Dead, Resident Evil, Alone In The Dark

Average price on the market as of now: $ 2800 MXN

Better known for: Having the best balance of its time in regard to original/exclusive releases and ports.

^{Deep Fear}