What are your minor reasons for keeping your current generation consoles, while heading into the next generation?

[Jon God]

Seeing a topic talk about how the PS5 can't play 3D Blu-Rays, I realized I'll need to keep my PS4 around for that, at least. I also heard that Golem, a game on PSVR, that I've always kinda want to play, potentially isn't compatible...

There's also PT, which can't be played on PS5.

For some, it might be a game they like on the not-backwards compatible list.

But what's YOUR reason for keeping your old console around?

 

[kikuchiyo]

Discs and PS5 slinging.

 

[Pyro]

I got a bunch of PS1 Classics on my PS3. Granted, it'll technically be unplugged (HDMI), but I'm keeping it because of the convenience of not having to bother setting up a controller with an emulator.

And I still got a huge PS4 backlog that I need to chip away at.

 

[Senteevs]

I'll give my XBox One X to my kids when I get the Series X.

 

[Jon God]

I got a bunch of PS1 Classics on my PS3. Granted, it'll technically be unplugged (HDMI), but I'm keeping it because of the convenience of not having to bother setting up a controller with an emulator.

And I still got a huge PS4 backlog that I need to chip away at.

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I mean, that's not current gen, but yeah, I am keeping my PS3 plugged in forever, man. MGS is enough to keep me hooked up.

 

[Twister]

My TV only has 4 HDMI ports, but I have one of them split into 3 right now to handle all of my consoles and Apple TV.
Right now currently plugged in I have: PS4 Pro, Switch, Xbox One S, Wii U, and Wii (for GC).
Once I fully upgrade for next gen, I will just replace the PS4 Pro with the PS5 and keep the rest the same to play older games (not going for a Series X/S as I can play those games on PC).

 

[Pein]

Putting my pro and series x in the living room for my sister to use.

 

[Fiddler]

Ps4 is going to stream Ps5 and enhanced Ps4 games right from my living room into my bedroom.

 

[Green Mario]

PS4 is going to be a streaming machine going forward.

 

[DanteSparda504]

I'm too busy to deal with trying to find someone to buy it off me, or deal with shipping my Xbox One X. I don't want to go to Gamestop. My Best Buy no longer does trade ins. And I have no where to recycle it.

So it's either keep it in the closet, give it to the first person I see, or throw it in the trash.

 

[Combichristoffersen]

PS4 has PT installed, so it's never going away.

 

[AllMight1]

saving for a house

 

[pure]

I'm probably keeping my PS4 Pro as a VR machine. Can't be bothered with the camera adaptor and the breakout box for the new PS5.

 

[Pyro]

I mean, that's not current gen, but yeah, I am keeping my PS3 plugged in forever, man. MGS is enough to keep me hooked up.

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The GOG versions of MGS1/2 (the latter with V's fix) is pretty incredible and if they can get MGS3 on there, that alone might get me to finally put the damn thing away.

 

[purseowner]

My beloved collection of PS4 dynamic themes

 

[Strings]

I'm too lazy to do anything else with them.

My beloved collection of PS4 dynamic themes

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I'm gonna miss my KH theme that plays Dearly Beloved ;(

 

[Sprat]

To play ps4 games. I prefer to play on original hardware so it will be kept for ps4, psvr games

 

[KeRaSh]

I'm simply too lazy to sell it... Same reason I still have my phat 80 GB PS3 at home even though I haven't touched it since the PS4 came out...

 

[Kuro]

I hand my old consoles down to family usually. That's how I got into gaming with a hand me down NES so...

 

[Aprikurt]

Nobody would pay any money for my dusty ass malfunctioning PS4

 

[weekev]

My 6 year old spilt water on my ps4 controller a couple of weeks ago. I replaced it and now I want to get some use out of the new controller before I replace it.

 

[bushmonkey]

So my kids can have it in their room

 

[kosmickitten]

I'm pretty much only keeping mine because it is the KH pro.

 

[Deleted member 15973]

P.T and Remote Play

 

[PianoBlack]

Xbox One S as a dev box for my hobby of pretending I will ever finish a game.

 

[Deleted member 59261]

Misunderstood the thread, sorry.

 

[Zarshack]

I'm giving the PS4 Pro to the kids for Christmas.

 

[Ravelle]

My 400 rock band 4 songs are on my ps4.

 

[Melchiah]

PT, and I'll keep using PS4 as a media device. At least until PS5 has the same media apps, like Prime and Blockbuster. I still have PS3 plugged in, as I prefer to watch videos via USB on it.

 

[Jonathan Lanza]

Attachment issues. I like to have clear chronicles of stages of my life.

 

[CamberGreber]

Dreams on PS4

I dont feel confident that the 800 hrs ive spent creating stuff transfer over.
Im not even convinced that uploading my stuff to the dreamerverse will protect it.

The price of any failure on that front is too high.

 

[Rosebud]

I don't like selling things

 

[Version 3.0]

I do have 2 non-BC games on my PS4. P.T. and Shadow Complex: Remastered. And I have a couple of Kinect games on Xbox One.

But the real reason I'm keeping them is because I always keep them. It'd be weird if I had a lifetime's worth of consoles and then a whole generation gap just because the next ones were (almost) fully backwards compatible, at long last.

 

[Jon God]

The GOG versions of MGS1/2 (the latter with V's fix) is pretty incredible and if they can get MGS3 on there, that alone might get me to finally put the damn thing away.

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Eh, I'd love to say that's likely, but er.. It's Konami, the only reason 1 and 2 ended up on GOG, is because they were ported to PC back in the day, and they just re-released those versions.

MGS3 and so on weren't so lucky.

 

[King Kingo]

I kept my New 3DS despite owning a Switch Lite because the former is my Pokemon system.

 

[Kromeo]

I got a digital edition PS5 because it was the only one available so I'll still need the PS4 as a blu ray player. I never sell old consoles anyway, it would have just sat in a cupboard for decades

 

[EGOMON]

Nothing I just like keeping my stuff all my previous consoles are stored it's my treasure

 

[Badcoo]

Like to get the most of out of my systems and early adopting consoles has always proven a waste with the better deals coming a little later.

Unless there's a trade-in deal somewhere, I'll be keeping them.

 

[Dancrane212]

For LAN parties and for plugging the console directly into my router in the basement for streaming to mobile devices.

If not for the former I would have gotten rid of my One S and just kept the One X, but LANs are king... if we can ever have them again.

 

[Post Reply]

I keep all of my consoles.

 

[markavacado]

There's also PT, which can't be played on PS5.

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[OrangeNova]

Nobody wants to buy an original Xbox One

Also transferring my saves from my PS4 pro to my PS5... then selling it

 

[arrado]

None for me personally. I sold my One S AD last month and my Ps4 Pro yesterday. Made me a nice 350 bucks
I'm ready to receive my ps5 next week and build a pc next year.

Old hardware is useless to me, it just takes up space.

 

[dock]

The GOG versions of MGS1/2 (the latter with V's fix) is pretty incredible and if they can get MGS3 on there, that alone might get me to finally put the damn thing away.

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What is V's fix?

 

[Rowsdower]

There's also PT, which can't be played on PS5.

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That. My One X is gone for the Series X, and the Pro would've been the same, but I would lose P.T. Despite what people say, that is the best horror game I've played, and I still play it.

Sucks keeping a console for one game, but eh.

 

[picasso]

No reason over here. Traded in my PS4 yesterday (along with a slew of Wii and PS3 games), and financed my PS5 game purchases for at least a year or two. I'm ready!

 

[DvdGzz]

Passing XB1X down to daughter, it will be an upgrade to her VCR Xbone. Giving my PS4 to my friend, his kids PS4 quit working. Much better than in GameStops hands.

 

[degauss]

None, i'll sell my PS4 Pro, not in any rush too, but in my next clutter clearcut I'll get rid of it.

 

[El_TigroX]

In the past, I've sold consoles... only to rebuy them down the road; I've decided I'm just going to keep my consoles for posterity... to have them, maybe display them later in my fictitious game room once I actually own property...

But ultimately... I just like having the hardware.

 

[dodmaster]

Can't be arsed selling my OGXB1 but I will have to box it back up and ebay it at some point. I've had to swap out the hdd a few years ago and inadvertantly ripped out the wireless pad controller so it's a wired console now. With a crappy day one controller. Not much value there, tbh.