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Console Breaking Point
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Or any technology really I guess.
What I mean is, at what point did you see a new console as "worth it" what game or what feature made you go ".. holy shit" and then you went and changed your pants.
I couldn't really decide between the 360 or the PS3 and as for the time being I don't have the money or the line up of games I need at this point. One of my roommates recently got this godly peice of equiptment(for those of you that can't see it, it's logitechs new racing wheel. But it's not just any wheel, it's 900 degrees with a very impressive force feedback and beautiful metal analog pedals. Now this is all fine and dandy but it also has a full working six speed clutch with the whole H gate and everything) and watching him play with it... I knew at one point I was going to need a PS3 and Gran Turismo. It wasn't something that "oh wow gonna have to look into that when it comes out" it just touched that little part of my nerddom.
Any moments for you guys?
What I mean is, at what point did you see a new console as "worth it" what game or what feature made you go ".. holy shit" and then you went and changed your pants.
I couldn't really decide between the 360 or the PS3 and as for the time being I don't have the money or the line up of games I need at this point. One of my roommates recently got this godly peice of equiptment(for those of you that can't see it, it's logitechs new racing wheel. But it's not just any wheel, it's 900 degrees with a very impressive force feedback and beautiful metal analog pedals. Now this is all fine and dandy but it also has a full working six speed clutch with the whole H gate and everything) and watching him play with it... I knew at one point I was going to need a PS3 and Gran Turismo. It wasn't something that "oh wow gonna have to look into that when it comes out" it just touched that little part of my nerddom.
Any moments for you guys?
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For the PS3, I have a specific moment... Seeing Uncharted in a Sony Store on a 50" TV. Jesus fucking Christ. It was probably the best looking game I've ever seen in motion. It took all my willpower not to break down and buy the console on the spot. I've since ordered one with Airmiles points... unfortunately, I have to wait 3-4 weeks for my PS3 to arrive
it's still not here but i'm still as excited as ever. it's just the game i've always wanted, with both a design ethic that i adore and a wide open canvas to bring your own creativity to the table
yes, I feel the exact same way.
Playstation 2 - I waited until Metal Gear Solid 2 came out to get the system.
PSP - I didn't get one until MGS: Portable Ops came out.
PS3 - I'm getting one very soon because MGS4 is coming out soon.
360 breaking point will be when Jasper board is released.
PS3 not until at least next holiday season, same for Wii. Depends on rumors of upgraded consoles and stuff too.
I picked up the console.
I picked up Mass Effect.
I played and beat Mass Effect, laughed/cried/screamed.
I sold Mass Effect and 360 for a modest amount and never looked back.
I look at a system, and start picking out the games I'd want for it. If there's enough to justify it in my mind, then I just wait for the price to drop to an acceptable level to me.
I'm waiting on the next 360 price drop, and then I'll probably pick one up.
i bought a ps2 once it hit $199 (2002ish?), and a Gamecube once it hit $99. before that i got a cheap Dreamcast but i forget exactly how much it was.
i'll probably get a ps3 or a 360 in a year or two. i might grab a wii just for the heck of it before then, assuming they ever actually get in stores enough to be an impulse buy possibility. and i got a hell of cheap DS from someone i know.
ive never been an early adopter i guess. and i have a broad definition of early.
On a somewhat related note, my 360 just recently hit the breaking point from fun secondary console to my primary console. It was a combination of getting a new high quality monitor to replace the SDTV I had it hooked up to, several months of strong XBLA releases, a fantastic week where I rented and beat Bioshock (on Hard mode w/no respawning) and the imminent release of two games I am way psyched for: Lost Odyssey & Devil May Cry 4.
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Playstation - Mortal Kombat 4 (you just shut the hell up you snickering bastards).
Playstation 2 - Silent Hill 2
Playstation 3 - A whole bunch of reasons really. I had a big new HD television, some money lying around, Folklore looked great, Resistance looked great, Uncharted, Ratchet, Heavenly Sword looked great, etc.
On impulse when im bored.
I woke up one morning and didnt have shit planned, so i dragged my roommate around town looking for somewhere that had the best bundle deal on a PS3. Found instead one that was open boxed at Best Buy for 450 bucks (This was when the 60gigs were selling for 550 CDN) so i picked it up.
My 360, got jealous after seeing my dad get one at christmas, so i went out and bought one on the 27th instead. Plus i had the week off from work, but none of my friends did, so i was bored as shit.
The PS2, which was the only console i had any interest in at all last generation, i saved up for over a year before it launched and bought one shortly after (Once you could find it in stores, so maybe 3 months). That one was a no brainer for me since i got screwed by buying an N64 the previous generation (my favorite games at that point were RPGs, i waited for fucking ever for ogre tactics to come out, and then it turned out to be an SRPG instead, i was pretty disappointed even though it was a fucking awesome game). Since the PS2 played PS1 games as well, i bought a lot more of those at first, not to mention the PS2 launch was kind of shit... I think im the only person in the world who owns a copy of Tsugunai though.
Before that, my dad just used to buy himself consoles, so i didnt really have to worry. Plus i was a kid so i didnt really have the money to buy an NES or a SNES myself.
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The problem being that once I buy 1 console, purchasing games for said console usually results in Wallet never being greater than Price+Game ever again. That, and I have a really soft spot for Nintendo. I think the only non-Nintendo console I have ever had since the NES (Atari and Intellivision before) was a GameGear. and the only consoles I've missed were a SNES (Big PC gamer at the time) and now a DS ($ + never have time for a portable).
Holy crap, this is exactly the same formula I mentally use.
I guess I use the more rudimentary "Buy IF (total price of games desired) > (price I can obtain system for)." This saves you from the heartache of buying a system for one game and having that game be shitty/not worth the cost. The Wii was the first system I got for full retail price at launch since the SNES (and even then, my Wii was a Christmas gift from my wife), but the combination of games I was interested in and games I knew were coming already surpassed $250. I was moderately interested in a 360 until the Rock Band announcement, and at that point the (total price of games desired) jumped up a cool $170. :P
Genesis: The moment I opened it and saw that blue hedgehog staring back at me
Game Gear: The master gear converter
Sega CD: The ending to sonic CD.
32X: Virtua Fighter, no contest
Saturn: It wasn't until I got Fighters Megamix that I really fell in love with it. Yes, this was after NiGHTS
NES: Mario 3
SNES: Starfox
Gameboy: Around the time I finished Donkey Kong Land, I stepped back and realized that I had more fun than I had with DKC.
Virtual Boy: The second I popped in Wario Land
N64: Starfox 64
GCN: Resident Evil 4
GBA: Metroid Zero Mission
Nintendo DS: Sonic Rush
Wii: I'm still waiting for March 9th
PSX: Metal Gear Solid, very very easily
PS2: MGS3, very very easily
PSP: Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops
PS3: I'm betting it'll be MGS4
Xbox: Panzer Dragoon Orta
Xbox 360: Mass Effect has defined the 360 in my eyes
Neo Geo Pocket Color: Sonic Pocket Adventure
Neo Geo AES: King of Fighters 98
Jaguar: Tempest 2000
Jaguar CD: Myst
3DO: Gex
GP32: TOMAK! Save us Again
and finally, just has he had done 8 years prior, the moment I saw Sonic Adventure, I was sold on the dreamcast. I can still remember every single detail about the moment i first booted up my dreamcast and popped in Sonic Adventure. I played for an entire day straight, beating it as all the characters without a VMU. Sonic Adventure will always hold a spot in my heart as one of my favorite sonic games of all time. Easily the best 3D sonic game, and a damn fine game to boot.
EDIT: When I think of Sonic Adventure, I think of Sonic running through Speed Highway Zone Act 1, near the begining, right before the first loop, at breakneck speed.
For the Playstation 3, it was the recent fact that Blu Ray got Warner Bros.
This is me as well (for a lot of it). As soon as I saw the Dead Rising case at Best Buy, I told one of my coworkers to go grab one for me... Originally (after beating DR I was disappointed) but now that I have Gamefly and am able to catch up on games... It's coming (slowly) closer to being a wiser investment.
The PS3 will as well... In a year or two. (I was going to buy one with my Rebate Check, but I just got some emergency dental work... And my insurance didn't cover it... So I owe my dentist $450.)
You can substitute "wallet" for "bank" basically. If I don't have the money to get it, then I won't get it.
I find it funny that you also got the Wii at launch as a gift from your wife and the first time you bought a console at full price because it's practically the same exact thing here!
Basically, I just need one game I'm really going to want. PS3 was Ninja Gaiden Sigma (yes, I bought a $500 console for a game I'd bought twice before, and beaten more times than I could count), and the 360 was...I don't even remember, actually.
SNES: Super Mario World. I wasn't a huge mario fan, especially being a Genesis kid but shit. Blew me away at a friend's house. Dunno what else I might have seen... F-Zero? LTTP?
PSOne: When the PSOne model hit $100. Or was it a little less? I dunno. FF9 had come out not long before, didn't look like the blocky turd I remember 7 looking like in magazines, so I picked it up with the PSOne. The SNES had turned me into a Square junkie but the big move to 3D pissed me off. I ended up kind of hating FF9 but immediately started buying every square product I could still find... and didn't really like 90% of it. I guess Tactics and Xenogears were the only ones that stuck.
GC: Doesn't count, surprise gift from Sister, hadn't really been wanting it or anything. Came w/ that Zelda comp. WW and MK:DD had just come out and sealed it though. Grew to love it I guess.
PS2: Xenosaga & mostly had been waiting for a lower price. Xenosaga: not so hot. Silent Hill 2&3 saved it for me though.
Wii: VC. Also potential, pricepoint, Nintendo franchises. Hardware lust.
GBA: Uhh... GC connectivity. For real. WW & AC. Found a cheap used SP.
DS: The DS Lite. Secondarily Mario Kart & Castlevania.
No 360 or PS3 yet or maybe ever, I dunno. Very, very few of the games existing or coming really jump out at me, minus some Live / PSN stuff. Might have done a 360 if they hadn't been dropping like flies. I'll see what happens once the new Silent Hill and RE come out... also stuff like SMT & some of the other oddball franchises I keep my eye on. PSP has a few cool things but still isn't very interesting to me.
GBA: Got it as a gift, but asked for it as soon as I heard about it, always have had a game boy
Gamecube: It was the only console when I wanted to buy one that was under $300, which was my limit. Dont' regret it at all.
DS: I saw the potential of it. Upgraded to a DSLite on the Lite launch day
360: Combination of a bunch of things. the 360 is only a month old for me, but quickly becoming my media hub. I
PS2: $99 in Canada. Will happen this year.
Super Nintendo - I bought it to play FF III and Chrono Trigger, probably my favorite games of all time.
Genesis - Sonic the Hedgehog, the reason why most people got this system.
PS2 - I think I got it because everyone and their mother had one.
DS - I heard good things about it and it was on sale.
Wii - Impulse buy. I didn't know much about it but I knew it was high in demand. Once I saw it in-stock on Amazon and I just purchased it without thinking about it.
I'm still waiting on which system to buy. Can't really decide between a 360 or a PS3. Just got a new computer, so hopefully that'll hold me over til the next-gen comes out.
I bought one of those eee laptops because it sounded practical and neat and like I could learn a lot about linux from it, but instead it just sits on my desk unused. I would hate to do the same for a console.
I really want Mass Effect, and the Xbox Live arcade and movie service just blow my mind (I know PSN has some high-quality original games, and support for full PS3 games, but I just love the little old-school timewasters on XBLA). However, I'm weary about playing Mass Effect on anything other than a PC. So I'm not entirely sold. Also, I can play games like Gears of War on the PC I built last October.
The PS3 has some cool new IPs hitting for it, but I'm not too interested in them, and I don't have an HD TV and won't for a long time, so I don't care at all about blu-ray. MGS and FFXIII kindof interest me, but I still have unopened copies of FFX and FFXII to get to someday first.
I was psyched for the Wii back when we all thought Red Steel would actually be a good game, and when I saw Galaxy, Twilight Princess, Excite Truck, Monkey Ball, and some of the other games getting hyped at launch. It's alright, but I'm still really waiting for something polished and original for it (no more heroes is cool, but something bigger and better needs to hit).
Why? There are several beautiful racing sims for the PC that work perfectly with the G25.
Atari 7800 - saw versions of Joust, DKJr and Robotron that were basically arcade perfect
NES - Super Mario Bros - like just about everyone I suppose
Genesis - ESwat and Might and Magic. I loved the arcade ESwat and a friend had M&M on the Apple IIe that we played the heck out of. Admittedly, when the system was opened on Xmas morning, Sonic 1 still got the most play.
PSOne - I rented the Saturn, PS1, and N64 and out of everything, Tekken and Destruction Derby were what really sold me on the system. They were the first two games I bought too.
PS2 - Strangely enough it was playing Tony Hawk 4 on the PS2 that really sold me on the console. I waited quite awhile before upgrading to it though.
Wii - already said in previous post - of course my wife wanting one really helped me become a fairly early Wii owner!
For handhelds:
Gameboy - Tetris, obviously.
Gamegear - I really don't know what I was thinking except "Oh look - a Gamegear for sale cheap"
Gameboy SP - nothing in particular just bought it to have something to do in the hospital when my wife was pregnant.
DS - we loved the SP and decided to buy and 2nd handheld and the DS was out so it just made sense.
that was about it.
Sega CD : months of never owning the system, just playing on it through the occasional rental. Finally got it, Night Trap, and the first Lunar game.
Saturn: Got it during the 'three free games' promotion with the NiGHTS bundle, along with Shining Wisdom, Dragon Force, and Bug Too!.
PS1: Final Fantasy VII and later Tactics, pretty much.
Dreamcast: Shenmue, Resident Evil Code Veronica, and Jet Grind Radio, mostly in that order.
PS2: Xenosaga and Frequency.
GBA: The release of the Demi-Kids games.
Xbox: The Doom 3 CE, since I didn't have a good enough PC for the game, and that it included the classic games sealed the deal. Then I finally got JSRF, KOTOR, and Panzer Dragoon Orta.
Gamecube: Tales of Symphonia, and the Metroid Prime bundle.
DS: Trauma Center.
PSP: FFT.
I basically get a system when a game comes out that I know makes the purchase worth it. I haven't seen that yet for the 360 or PS3 in my opinion. The Wii and Fire Emblem/No More Heroes is making me seriously consider it, but I don't think I'm ready to commit to next-gen yet.
Hmm... I know I've bought a system for a game before.
Specifically, N64 for Golden Eye.
Man, I miss that.
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