It really depends on what you prefer, on your own preferences and tastes, people can tell you "X is shit! because of Y!" or "X is the best because of Y" but really, just look into it yourself, browse carefully and LOOK FOR DEALS on each.
Let's also get things straight, I can't speak for the PS1 or SNES or N64 starts, or any of the consoles before, but when have the first years of any of the previous consoles been truly great and amazing? the only I think of is Xbox, with Halo, but that's it. That's just how I've seen it mostly. and yes, I didn't buy my own consoles growing up, my parents did, didn't really give Gaming a big go until I was in my teens, so I've always been pretty late to the "CONSUL WURRS" bullshit.
Just my 2 cents, honestly, feel free to ignore me.