I never enjoyed the PS1 as much as everyone else for 2 reasons, I got my PS1 kinda early in mid 96 and it was a (modchipped) Japanese first wave consoles. It stopped working after around 2 years, the classic issue with the laser, and I never heard of the putting the console upside-down method, so I just accepted it stopped working.
And the other reason is I never got a memory card because I thought it was shitty that I had to buy another accessory to save, and anyway most of the games I played on PS1 were arcade style or short, or had password system, but I guess not having saves in 1996 was another reason to not enjoy the console as much.
Still I love it and over the years I playe many of its classic games and still keep discovering new games. But, I actually think Saturn+N64 combo is the definitive 5th gen experience. I have a bigger group of favorite games between these 2 consoles than that of PS1.