The Best Gaming Hardware of All Time is revealed as the PC at the Golden Joystick Awards

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The votes have been counted and the PC has taken home the crown

The PC has been crowned Best Gaming Hardware of All Time at this year's Golden Joystick Awards 2021.

To celebrate 50 years of gaming, the Golden Joystick Awards introduced two special new categories for this year's awards: Ultimate Game of All Time and Best Gaming Hardware of All Time. After a closely fought vote, we're delighted to reveal that the PC is your choice for hardware. 

  • PC (Winner)
  • PlayStation 2
  • Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
  • PlayStation 4
  • PlayStation
  • Xbox 360
  • Wii
  • Dreamcast
  • Nintendo 64
  • Nintendo DS
  • Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
  • GameCube
  • Genesis / Mega Drive
  • Game Boy
  • Game Boy Advance
  • Amiga 500
  • Saturn
  • ZX Spectrum
  • Commodore 64
  • Atari 2600

As you can see from that voting order, Sony shouldn't feel too miffed, as 3 of their consoles all make the top 5, while Nintendo's SNES represented a big win for the retro vote. However, there's an undoubtedly strong case to be made for the PC, which has always been at the forefront of gaming. 

Of course, this award isn't the only way we've celebrated this year's 50th anniversary of gaming. We've taken a look back at gaming throughout the years in a special documentary featuring John Romero, Trip Hawkins, David Breban, and more; while the Golden Joystick Awards also kicked off with a 10-minute musical medley that highlighted the soundtrack of our gaming lives.  

For more on this year's show, visit Golden Joystick Awards 2021 or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

Ben Tyrer
Ben Tyrer
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Ben Tyrer is a freelance games journalist with over ten years experience of writing about games. After graduating from Bournemouth University with a degree in multimedia journalism he's worked for Official PlayStation Magazine as a staff writer and games editor, as well as GamesRadar+ (hey, that's this website!) as a news editor. He's also contributed to Official Xbox Magazine, Edge, PC Gamer, GamesMaster, PC Games N, and more. His game of the year - no matter the year - is Rocket League.