What is your console history?

[chiefohara]

What console/computer did you start out with?

What did you choose in successive generations, and why?

What do you have now, and what do you intend to purchase next gen?

 

[suntt123]

PC> Gameboy color> Borrowing SNES and PS1 from my cousins> PS2> DS & PSP> Wii & XBox360> WiiU

My aunt bought me the gameboy color as a gift and I liked it, after that I'd started to borrow older consoles off my cousins and eventually moved to a different country with my family, wherein my dad bought us a PS2. After that I saved up and bought a DS and my brother bought a PSP. Then I bought a Wii and my bro bought a 360. Now I'm in university and, being broke at the moment, I'll just stick to the WiiU for the forseeable future.

Good times... Good times...

 

[chiefohara]

For me, i started out with bizarre floppy disk based games on a decades old Amstrad PC

Then i got a Gameboy, loved mario, zelda, gargoyles, Star Wars.... Still have my Gameboy to this day

Afterwards i was bought a Nes, when the Snes came out. utterly loved my nes. missed the Snes, Mega drive, and the following N64/dreamcast/jaguaur etc generation entirely. The Nes library actually kept me going through 2 generations!

Next was a PS1, metal gear defined that era for me.

Bought a PS2, Best console ever. Still have it, still have all the games.

Was going to buy a PS3 until they discontinued the backwards compatibility, so i ended up with a 360 cause of a second hand purchase off a family member. Ended up falling in love with the 360

Was hoping to buy an xbox one before all the scandal. Chances are ill go with PS4 for the next gen for obvious reasons.

 

[Anthony Corrigan]

commodore 128 because that's what dad bought
286
386
486 (shall I go on, we had lots of computers)

First one I owned was a red Gameboy

as for the others, they are pretty much what I have now

Sega Mega drive (Rerelease because my partner wanted to play loony tunes on it)
N64
Wii (which includes Gamecube controller so I can play Gamecube games)
Original Xbox (Fuck you microcrap you couldn't even leave the NAME alone)
Xbox 360
PS1 (which was the first "real" console I bought)
PS2
Ps3 (My MAIN game machine)

Gaming Computer (my secondary gaming only just built it with the aim of it playing Shroud of the Avatar when it comes out)

PSP
Vita
Dsi
3DS

IPhone and my partner has an IPad

As for what I intend to get next gen well PS4,and after looking at the games for it maybe a Wii U because I loved Bayonetta and it looks like that will be a U exclusive. No XBone because I don't like the creepy Kinect and I don't trust Microcrap not to reverse there decision in 6 months

 

[Chie]

I started out as a PC gamer... played all the Ultima games through 8, LucasArts adventure titles, and FPS like Doom etc My first console was the PS1 My boyfriend in college had one, and I was so obsessed with FF VII that I had to buy my own. Bought a Dreamcast when it came out, and then a PS2. First current gen console I bought was a 360, but it never had many games I was interested in, so I mostly played my PSP. Just bought a PS3, and I plan to buy a PS4 once enough games I'm interested in have come out. I'm also planning on a 3DS eventually... just waiting to save up.

 

[Anthony Corrigan]

I started out as a PC gamer... played all the Ultima games through 8, LucasArts adventure titles, and FPS like Doom etc My first console was the PS1 My boyfriend in college had one, and I was so obsessed with FF VII that I had to buy my own. Bought a Dreamcast when it came out, and then a PS2. First current gen console I bought was a 360, but it never had many games I was interested in, so I mostly played my PSP. Just bought a PS3, and I plan to buy a PS4 once enough games I'm interested in have come out. I'm also planning on a 3DS eventually... just waiting to save up.

If you liked Ultima you should check out Shroud of the Avatar, its a new one by Lord British made through Kickstarter

 

[TehCookie]

First console I played was the Sega Genesis/Megadrive. My dad always had a gaming computer that he custom built, especially since back then you did have to upgrade for every game.

The next gen he got me and my brother a PS1, we didn't have a choice. My dad loved gaming so we knew he researched everything and picked the best one, though he would never buy a Nintendo console because it was for kids. The PS1 turned out to be awesome so my dad got a PS2 release day, getting to the store at 5am and waiting for it to open because he's that awesome.

If you're including handhelds, my brother and I bounced back and forth of who got the newest one. He started off with a GB pocket, I got a Gameboy Color. He got an Advanced when it came out, I got a SP when it game out (and I enjoyed having the better version even if I had to wait).

It was after that I got my first PC, an obsolete win98 compaq laptop that my dad's work threw away. There were so many old games I love playing on that like Duke Nukem or the Curse of Monkey's Island. After that I would get my dad's hand-me down computers so I couldn't play the latest games, but could still enjoy games.

When the 7th gen came out none of them really appealed to me. I was raised to hate nintendo for being kiddie crap, the PS3 had no games and was expensive and the original Xbox was complete shit so I figured the 360 would be too, along with having no good games. My mom got a DS and we shared that for a while. When I could finally afford my own consoles I got a Wii since it was the cheapest and has the most exclusives, not to mention I could play all the Gamecube games I missed. When the PS3's price dropped to $250 I finally picked it up and love it. It was then I realized the PS has always been the best consoles and I'm probably a Sony fangirl. I got a PSP and 3DS after that.

And I still have all my consoles and all 4 of my PCs, though not all are working. RIP my PS1 and Laptop.

 

[Greg White]

Let's see...

NES(got it demoed at a flea market after playing Zelda)
SNES(mom got that for herself and me and my sister got to use it years later)
N64(Christmas present, got this before I got to use the SNES)
Dell XPS
X Box(traded a friend for it)
Xbox 360(a world cheaper than the PS3)
Gaming PC(more power than next-gen, more games, and Steam)

 

[BathorysGraveland2]

Well, I started with a PS1 back in the late 90's or whatever, because my cousin had one and I became interested in playing games. Then I got a PS2 when that was released and was popular. Then I upgraded my computer and have not really played a console since. I did go back for a short while to replay Spyro, a childhood favourite of mine, but after years of keyboard and mouse goodness, I just can't adjust to a controller. Makes me feel so limited and restricted in comparison.

That is pretty much my full and incredibly interesting history with consoles.

 

[chiefohara]

First console I played was the Sega Genesis/Megadrive. My dad always had a gaming computer that he custom built, especially since back then you did have to upgrade for every game.

The next gen he got me and my brother a PS1, we didn't have a choice. My dad loved gaming so we knew he researched everything and picked the best one, though he would never buy a Nintendo console because it was for kids. The PS1 turned out to be awesome so my dad got a PS2 release day, getting to the store at 5am and waiting for it to open because he's that awesome.

If you're including handhelds, my brother and I bounced back and forth of who got the newest one. He started off with a GB pocket, I got a Gameboy Color. He got an Advanced when it came out, I got a SP when it game out (and I enjoyed having the better version even if I had to wait).

It was after that I got my first PC, an obsolete win98 compaq laptop that my dad's work threw away. There were so many old games I love playing on that like Duke Nukem or the Curse of Monkey's Island. After that I would get my dad's hand-me down computers so I couldn't play the latest games, but could still enjoy games.

When the 7th gen came out none of them really appealed to me. I was raised to hate nintendo for being kiddie crap, the PS3 had no games and was expensive and the original Xbox was complete shit so I figured the 360 would be too, along with having no good games. My mom got a DS and we shared that for a while. When I could finally afford my own consoles I got a Wii since it was the cheapest and has the most exclusives, not to mention I could play all the Gamecube games I missed. When the PS3's price dropped to $250 I finally picked it up and love it. It was then I realized the PS has always been the best consoles and I'm probably a Sony fangirl. I got a PSP and 3DS after that.

And I still have all my consoles and all 4 of my PCs, though not all are working. RIP my PS1 and Laptop.

You have a really cool dad

If i have kids of my own i plan to do what your dad did, and just share all the nerdy goodness that i had the joy to experience throughout my life. My baby sister and I are close because of this.

 

[AD-Stu]

Sega Master System > PC (386 SX 33 with a might 1MB of RAM) > PC (Pentium 60 with OMG a CD drive!) > Playstation 1

Moved out of my parents house after that, and have just had a succession of PCs since then. Though there was a gap of about 4-5 years (prob 2001-2006ish) where I didn't really play games at all.

 

[EstrogenicMuscle]

The problem with this is that people got to have more than one system. So I'll mention these systems in the order that I bought them.

Atari 2600
Nintendo NES
Nintendo SNES
MS-DOS Computer
Nintendo Game Boy
SEGA Saturn
Sony PlayStation
Game Boy Colour
Windows 95 Computer
Sony PlayStation 2
Game Boy Advance
Windows 98 Computer
Nintendo 64
Windows XP Computer
Nintendo Wii
Nintendo DS
Sony PlayStation 3
Windows 7 Computer(Laptop)
XBOX 360
Windows 7 Computer(AM3 Dual Core, HD 4000 series)
SEGA Dreamcast
SEGA Genesis
Sony PSP
SEGA CD
Nintendo GameCube
Windows 7 Computer(Intel 2500K, HD 6870)
Super Famicom
Microsoft XBOX
TurboGrafx-16
SEGA Master System
Nintendo 3DS
Sony PS Vita
Windows 8 Computer(FM1 Quad Core, HD 7770)
Nintendo Wii U
Next?
PlayStation 4
Windows 7 Computer


As you can see, at the end I got a lot more disposable income and started investing into old systems and gaming PCs. I never was much of a PC gamer because I always followed Japanese RPGs to whatever system they were on. I did like using emulators, though. I've been going wild with gaming PCs for the first time in my life, because PC gaming finally seems worth it.

Right, outside of getting the PlayStation 4 and a few other retro systems, my plans are actually to own a computer with the best or the best two or three CPUs for all major motherboard types out there.

Currently in my collection:
FM1 Best CPU(AMD A8-3870K)
AM3 Third Best CPU(AMD Phenom II X2 560 Black Edition Callisto)
LGA 1155 Top 10(Intel 2500K)
Future plans:
FM2 Best CPU(AMD A10-6800K Richland)
AM3 Best CPU(AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban)
AM3+ Best CPU(AMD FX-8350 Vishera)
LGA 1155 Best CPU(Intel Core i7-3770K Ivy Bridge)
LGA 1150 Best CPU(Intel Core i7-4770K Haswell)

Why? Because I can. Compare and contrast. Also, for multitasking.

 

[ShinyCharizard]

SNES: Parents bought it for me and my brother
PS1: ditto
PS2: ditto
Xbox 360: First console I bought with my own money, got it because all my friends were playing on Xbox.
PS3: I bought this about 3 years after launch because I wanted to play MGS4 among other games.
Gaming PC: Built it myself, wanted it mainly for strategy games and emulation purposes.
Wii: I wanted to play all the exclusives I missed out on over the years.
3DS: Just wanted one and it was cheap so why not, has become my most used gaming device these days.

 

[Chester Rabbit]

Super Nintendo - because I was introduced to it first and my parents figured now that I was tainted by the touch of technology they would have to buy me one and we had no idea that the Genesis existed (I still think the SNES was the better way to go anyway)

Next
Sony Playstation ? reason. You could play as the boss characters in the PS version of MK Trilogy...yep.

Then after that things get messy.

See I wanted to go back to Nintendo I was saving all my pennies up for a Cube but along the way I acquired a Dreamcast and that was the second time in my life I fell in love. By god the games looked beautiful on that thing (at the time)

Then in 2002 yes I still hadn?t really got my hands on anything really next gen yet my parents sold their souls and in return
I got a free PS2

2003 I got my game Cube at last..and only ever owned two games for it... >.< RE4 and Wind Waker.

Then 2004 I was introduced to Fable and later on that year got myself a
Crystal Xbox.

And here I am now.
Xbox 360. Mainly because I was a graphics kid back in the day and wanted Halo 3 and believed the grownups played Xbox and Playstation was for anime nerds and Nintendo was for kids... *SMACK TO MY YOUNGER SELF!*

Next stop. home sweet home. WiiU and PS4.

 

[I.Muir]

N 64
GameCube
computer
Wii
Xbox
More computer

and likely computer for forever more

 

[Miss G.]

SNES- Christmas present from my Papa (aka my grandpa, though he's always been Papa to me) in '91 when I was 3

GBC- Christmas present from my parents back in 2000, there was a gap until then. My parents got me (and my brother) into gaming ever since and I thank them for it.

GBA SP- Christmas present from my parents in '03

PSP- saved up for our sometimes-annual shopping trip to America '06

DS lite- Christmas present from my parents in '06

PS2- saved up for our sometimes-annual shopping trip to America '07

PS3- bought it Christmas '11 as a present to me

3DS- read above entry

In that order. Fully intending to get a PS4 and a WiiU. Apparently I'm a SoNintendo gal, 'cuz they always have what I want to play - which is mostly JRPGs.

 

[Saelune]

Started with my mom's NES and Genesis. Eventually got a Gameboy. My first console that was mine was the N64. Also had a brief PC stint around this time. Ive had every gameboy basically, cept micro, DS, and the DS varients until the 3DS, so I wont list those.
After the N64 I got a Gamecube, then eventually bought a PS2 with extra money. My brother had the Xbox. Got 360 so I can play Oblivion (exclusive at the time), and now also hve become a legitimate PC gamer too. Im going to get a Wii U for my birthday, but still undecided between the One and PS4.

 

[Atmos Duality]

Atari 2600 -> Old Ass PC* -> NES -> SNES -> PS1 -> PC (custom) -> PS2 -> Wii -> PC (cont'd)
Handhelds: GBC -> GBA -> DS -> PSP -> 3DS

*(I don't even remember the name of)

Of course, I've played a fuckton of games on other systems by proxy via friends and family.

 

[Strelok]

Atari 2600
Colecovision - Found this when I last visited my parents, will pick it up and restore next time WarGames!!!
Commodore 64 - Never should have sold this
286
386
486
NES - Bought it for Friday The 13th, yeah that's right, and not disappointed, I was very late coming to the NES party, SNES was already old if I remember correctly
Pentium 3 - With a Matrox Millenium video card, later upgraded to a hand me down Voodoo extreme (built in 1999, lasted till 2006)
N64 - I never should have sold this, what a mistake
Used Toshiba Satellite laptop - Built for Windows 2000 I used for a year teaching English in Russia. Able to use pay per hour cards to access dial up internet and download games from abandonware sites, ever play Xcom with a laptop nubby? LOL never again.
PS2 - Bought it for Shadow of The Colossus, was not disappointed
Toshiba Satellite laptop - Used for school, could play all games at the time nicely. Caught up on all I missed, like F.E.A.R. and Half Life 2.
Wii - Party games with friends
Toshiba X200 gaming laptop - I am typing on it now. It's the new media player, till I bake the Toshiba Satellite's video card back to life.
XBox 360 - RRoD victim I rebuilt, turned out to be useless so I gave it away
PS3 - Killzone, Heavy Rain, GoW, does this even need an explanation?
Sager NP9850 gaming laptop - Has yet to encounter a multi-platform game it can't eat alive.
Future - Likely build a new desktop or get an Alienware laptop if I decide I still need mobility and a PS4, maybe a Wii-u eventually.

Forgot the hand helds
- Game boy
- Game boy advance
- PSP

My dad always had a gaming computer that he custom built, especially since back then you did have to upgrade for every game.

LOL what? Every game? What planet was this again? As a teenager I must have had some super human tweaking abilities then.

 

[tilmoph]

Genesis, PS1, Virtual Boy, Dreamcast, PS2, with a first gen Gameboy tossed in there. I've played games on the PC pretty much since my family got one when I was in 4th or 5th grade, but it didn't become my primary until after the PS2. I've been exclusively PC since.