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Are you the kind of person to have multiple consoles in a generation?
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I bought an Xbox 360 + PS3 and eventually passed the 360 on to family but kept the PS3. Then I bought an Xbox One + PS4 and the same happened. But depending on what the Xbox Series X and PS5 bring to the table, I may well keep both of those as I really want to move away from Windows computing and get an iMac or Mac mini.
Always get Sony Console Day 1, and then Nintendo Handhelds when Pokemon come out and Console when Smash come out
This was the first gen I didn't get every console from the current three platform holders (I didn't get a Wii U and Xbox One).
Last gen I had all the systems, this gen I skipped Xbox because as I always keep my PC updated there's no reason to buy a system that has no real exclusives.
I always buy Nintendo systems day one, and Sony systems when there's at least 1 game that I want to play.
I always buy Nintendo systems day one, and Sony systems when there's at least 1 game that I want to play.
Ever since the PS1 and N64 days, I've usually owned both a Sony and Nintendo console (plus handhelds). I bought an Xbox 360 too, but mostly because it was more affordable than a PS3 at the time. I buy Nintendo consoles since I have been playing their first party games since the NES days and have no interest in changing that habit. I buy Playstation consoles because I play a wide variety of Japanese RPGs and the like.
I'd imagine if you're as tuned into the industry that you'd post here, you own multiple consoles each generation.
Every time. I even get duped into buying Nintendo consoles somehow each and every generation.
I've gone through all three xbox's and both ps4's too
I've gone through all three xbox's and both ps4's too
Yeah, usually I own all of them.
I'm not sure yet if I'll do the same for next-gen.
I'm not sure yet if I'll do the same for next-gen.
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I have been multi-format ever since my Intellivision and Vic 20 joined forces.
Back in the Nintendo/Sega 8-bit and 16-bit days, I would often rent games for multiple systems, and the rental places would always warn me the games were for different systems. They were surprised I owned both. The consoles weren't that expensive. It's not like I owned a Neo Geo.
Back in the Nintendo/Sega 8-bit and 16-bit days, I would often rent games for multiple systems, and the rental places would always warn me the games were for different systems. They were surprised I owned both. The consoles weren't that expensive. It's not like I owned a Neo Geo.
I usually buy every console that comes out from every manufacture. For example this gen I've had every version of the ps4 at some point and every version of the Xbox one except the sad, og switch and switch lite. Same last gen.
I've always been a one console person but this gen I got all three in an effort to be able to play any game I wanted. What I learned is that I really don't have the time to invest in all three. Maybe 2 cause I might want an occasional Nintendo exclusive, but 3 is really not necessary for me next gen.
I've usually always had 2.
Gen 6: PS2 & Gamecube
Gen 7: 360 & Wii
Gen 8: PS4 & Wii U/Switch
Next gen I will probably have both the PS5 and Switch 2 or whatever Nintendo makes as well. Not to mention I've always also had Nintendo portables.
And I did get on PC gaming during the 7th generation, so that's yet another system to game on, so it's becoming a bit unwieldy to balance all these systems. Luckily Nintendo has moved to one unified system instead of having both consoles and handhelds, so that's helped, but it's till hard to find time for all the games between everything.
Gen 6: PS2 & Gamecube
Gen 7: 360 & Wii
Gen 8: PS4 & Wii U/Switch
Next gen I will probably have both the PS5 and Switch 2 or whatever Nintendo makes as well. Not to mention I've always also had Nintendo portables.
And I did get on PC gaming during the 7th generation, so that's yet another system to game on, so it's becoming a bit unwieldy to balance all these systems. Luckily Nintendo has moved to one unified system instead of having both consoles and handhelds, so that's helped, but it's till hard to find time for all the games between everything.
The only console I haven't gotten within the generation it was launched since the NES was the Wii U. Otherwise, I have all consoles in a gen. Starting with Gamecube, I've bought every console at launch with the exception of the Wii U.
Used to get every new console as they released, but it seemed like there used to be more exclusives. Or just more exclusives that I actually wanted to play anyway. This is the first generation where I've only bought one console, and barely any games for it either. A lot of this has to do with so many of the multiplats being released on PC more than anything though. Was still planning on getting a Switch, so if I do before next November, then I guess I would have purchased two.
Not anymore. Been sticking with Sony since last generation. Used to be a Sony+Nintendo guy but realized that I actually didn't care for most of their 1st party games.
I think one is more than enough. Not enough time in a week for two or more home consoles.
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I have owned every console (home and portable) since the SNES/PS1 era, with the exception of the Virtual Boy, the 32X, the NGage, and the Sega Saturn (that I can remember, and the later I bought a few years back just because I wanted to have a Saturn). Last three gens I have enjoyed playing on the main groups, which have been the Dreamcast/OGXbox/PS2/GC, the Xbox 360/PS3/Wii/Wii U, and now have XB1X/PS4/Switch. Even had the PSPGo and DSi. I love systems and enjoy playing games on new hardware. Always found them to be worth the cost. I am in day one next gen for one new system (prob Xbox Series), and will likely get the other the following year. I find it I get great use of the hardware no matter what, so I usually get them.
I usually get more than one. Think this next generation I may only grab Nintendo and Sony consoles and drop Xbox. I love the stuff their doing, but I just didn't turn on my xbox1x that much this go around.
Starting last gen*, I stopped being Nintendo-only and got an Xbox. This gen, I bought a PlayStation console new for the first time, marking the first time I've really bought into all three major hardware companies' platforms.
Aside from the 3DS (since the New models added something besides just speed) and the DS (to replace my OG DS that got stolen. :/ ) I've never bought a mid-gen refresh, though, if I already had an earlier revision of the same console. I don't generally see the value in those.
*Sort-of; I'd previously bought my friend's PS1 off him when he got a PS2, but I never had a Sega anything, skipped the OG Xbox, and didn't get a PS2 until my boyfriend gave me his old PS2 when he got a PS3. I was pretty hardcore Team Nintendo before the Wii happened.
Aside from the 3DS (since the New models added something besides just speed) and the DS (to replace my OG DS that got stolen. :/ ) I've never bought a mid-gen refresh, though, if I already had an earlier revision of the same console. I don't generally see the value in those.
*Sort-of; I'd previously bought my friend's PS1 off him when he got a PS2, but I never had a Sega anything, skipped the OG Xbox, and didn't get a PS2 until my boyfriend gave me his old PS2 when he got a PS3. I was pretty hardcore Team Nintendo before the Wii happened.
This is the first gen I've had a console, but I can see the answer being multiple consoles. I'd want to have a Sony system for the exclusives + multiplats, and a Nintendo system for the exclusives / hand Sony + Nintendo looks to be the combo for me, and I can use the PC for whatever plays better there or isn't available on the other two.
In all honesty it's a lot, and a lot to keep up with, but I like being able to play a game without having to worry about if I have the hardware or not, and I enjoy enough of the libraries on each system to make buying separate hardware worth it, especially since I am okay with waiting for the games and systems to become cheaper.
In all honesty it's a lot, and a lot to keep up with, but I like being able to play a game without having to worry about if I have the hardware or not, and I enjoy enough of the libraries on each system to make buying separate hardware worth it, especially since I am okay with waiting for the games and systems to become cheaper.
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My thought process is where are the best games for me.
That was PC/Steam and Switch.
Zelda and Mario were exactly what I wanted.
That was PC/Steam and Switch.
Zelda and Mario were exactly what I wanted.
I am but I really regret buying the WiiU and Switch so I might just stick with Playstation only next gen (got a PC as well).
I just don't have the time for more than one -- shit, to be fair, I don't even have the time for one. No matter which mainstream console it is, I would never be able to play all the games I'm interested in on a single console during its lifetime on the market. So while I used to own multiple consoles, nowadays I just pick my preference, trade in the last one, and roll with one at a time.
That said, I'm a hobbyist and I sometimes work in the industry, so I keep up well regardless. I own a PC and my friends own a variety of consoles, and we do a good job of keeping each other in the loop.
That said, I'm a hobbyist and I sometimes work in the industry, so I keep up well regardless. I own a PC and my friends own a variety of consoles, and we do a good job of keeping each other in the loop.
