Do you buy games you don't have consoles for?
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Well, I once did something similar to that. I was going to be gifted a 360 for christmas, so I went to the shops and got "Mass Effect" before getting the console. It was the special edition of the game, and they only had one copy, plus I already knew I was going to get the console, so I was surely not wasting any money in it.
Actually yes, but I buy old games for old consoles, the games are like a tenner so I can get a few rare SNES games if I see them for a tenner and wait until I actually get a SNES, it's what I did for N64 and now I have one so I'll be getting a SNES at somepoint
Once bought Shemnue 2 for xbox owning Xbox 360 only to find i needed access to the internet on my console to play it, and seeing as my xbox is in the lounge i was stuck (as I am not paying £60 for a network adaptor to be able to play shemnue 2.)
Well, tehnically, one could play some games without owning the console through the help of emulators. Emulators by themselves are not illegal, so they are a completely legitimate way of playing the games you own.
Having said that, if you want to consider yourself a legally legitimate customer (which you probably do if you buy all your games), you need to buy the appropriate console. Afterall, if you don't, you are (in a sense) cheating the hardware manufacturer of his money (unless they no longer produce the console; in that case, it's a moot point).
Besides, emulators for certain systems require you to extract the BIOS from your console to work to begin with. Plus, it is still handy to have the actual console (even if you don't intend to use it much) in case your PC breaks down or you want to travel somewhere.
Having said that, if you want to consider yourself a legally legitimate customer (which you probably do if you buy all your games), you need to buy the appropriate console. Afterall, if you don't, you are (in a sense) cheating the hardware manufacturer of his money (unless they no longer produce the console; in that case, it's a moot point).
Besides, emulators for certain systems require you to extract the BIOS from your console to work to begin with. Plus, it is still handy to have the actual console (even if you don't intend to use it much) in case your PC breaks down or you want to travel somewhere.
Quite often, as a rule I wont buy a system until There is a game that I MUST play on it and If I see that game in one of my local shops I will not hesitate to grab it, I consider this as a promise or motivator to finally get my act together and save up the 2-3 weeks pay to actually afford the system. I did this with my first gameboy and my Gamecube
No. Absolutely not. Why would I? If I don't have the console and I'm not planning to get one, why would I buy a game I can't play, even if it is very cheap?
It's like being able to buy the best steak in the world for 10 cents but you're a vegetarian. Or being able to buy all the world's music for 5 dollars, but you're deaf. It's useless to you.
Unless you DO plan on buying the console at a later date (and I mean definitely buy it) or you plan on selling it or a friend has a console you could play it on. Other than that, why would you?
It's like being able to buy the best steak in the world for 10 cents but you're a vegetarian. Or being able to buy all the world's music for 5 dollars, but you're deaf. It's useless to you.
Unless you DO plan on buying the console at a later date (and I mean definitely buy it) or you plan on selling it or a friend has a console you could play it on. Other than that, why would you?
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OT: No, I don't, though I bought Mass Effect before I built my current pc, if that counts.
Oh, and I bought Grim Fandango hoping it'd work... Apparently Vista can't run it, so I suppose I did once buy a game for something I didn't have.
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OT: I don't see the point of getting a game you can't play. Unless you're a collector or something, or want something that will be valuable someday to help pay for the middle-life crisis Corvette.
One of my pre-reqs for buying a game is I have to have the system it's for, or have it by the time the game is released.
No. Though I've bought games for consoles I did have then sold. Then again so have alot of people who've upgraded from PS1 to PS2.