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    [OC] Couple days before getting the Switch 2 wondered about my Console purchase history so ended up mapping it out

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    4. Orwell1971 on

      That’s a lot of consoles.

      Lesse, I’ve bought… an N64 I promptly exchanged for a PS1, a SNES, a PS2, a Saturn, a Dreamcast, an Xbox 360, a PS4, an Xbox series X and an Xbox One X (I can’t be bothered to remember the order, because fuck Microsoft’s naming strategy), and a PS5.

      So 10 consoles (I’m 54). I have also gotten some for free, though, cause I used to manage at EB. I got a couple of gameboys from Nintendo while I was there, Microsoft gave us all the OG Xbox, and Nokia gave us an Ngage. Man, the Ngage was dumb. Oh, and my girlfriend bought me a PSP years ago (which I left on a bus, sad face)

    5. gokufire on

      It is funny how this timeline changes from countries.

      Dynavision;
       SNES;
       Neo Geo CD;
       Game Boy Color;
       PS2;
       PS3;
       The End

      PC/laptop along the way.

    7. Niklear on

      Amazed that you never had a PS2 considering it’s the best selling console of all time and you’ve amassed quite an impressive collection. What happened there?

    9. ChewiesLipstickWilly on

      Nintendo gave a massive middle finger to all its customers with all the shady bollocks regarding the Switch 2 and I’ve yet to see a single simp give a middle finger back. All of you are like ‘Mmmm yes daddy, rip me off every step of the way, I’ll pay’

    10. Possible-Row6689 on

      I’m guessing you’re in your early 40s?

      I have a very similar history with several consoles when I was a kid, a long gap when I liked to party in my 20s, and then getting heavy back into gaming in my 30s.

    12. saints21 on

      My consoles went NES, Gameboy, Genesis, Super NES, Gameboy Color, N64, Gameboy Advance, GameCube, some PC gaming on an ok family PC, Xbox 360, some more PC gaming on a laptop, Xbox One (same console stolen twice), Xbox One X, Xbox Series X, PS5, emulating Pokemon on my cell, high end PC I built for myself

    16. vagaliki on

      Elementary
      – GameCube
      – GameBoy Advance SP

      Middle
      – Wii
      – gaming laptop from Lenovo y570 w GT555m that tbh couldn’t play much because it overheated
      – PSP

      High
      – PS3

      College
      – Alienware 13R3 OLED with GTX1060, 

      Work
      – during COVID bought an RTX2070 eGPU for cheap right before to the moon, but honestly barely use it because my 2-in-1 laptop glitches out when connecting to Thunderbolt
      – M1 Mac Pro now

      I would love a Switch 2 or like an Ayaneo (one of the really small windows/steam ones, not as big as SteamDeck) but barely play anymore

    18. Scamnam on

      Mine was..
      Atari – – Original Gameboy – – Nintendo – – SNES – – Gameboy color – – PlayStation –PS2– Computer Games – – PS3- – Xbox360 -Nintendo Wii – – – PS4– Nintendo Switch – – PS5

    20. PerformanceLimp420 on

      Mine would look similar but we were a Sega house. Since being an adult I switched to Nintendo’s and bought most consoles well after release. My parents were well off but divorced so I think there was a bit of the “if we get you a N64 you will wanna spend time at my house” and I think a bit of that was “look, he wants to live here so you need to pay more child support.

      My mom was kinda narcissistic. But either way OP, thanks for the graph, hope your vision is alright after literally any use on a virtual boy…

    21. Heavy-Newspaper-9802 on

      For me, it was:

      – intellivision
      – Nintendo
      – Sega Master System
      – Sega Genesis
      – Sega CD
      – Super Nintendo
      – Nintendo 64
      – GameCube
      – Gameboy Color
      – PlayStation
      – XBOX
      – XBOX360
      – Wii
      – Switch
      – XBOX ONE
      – XBOX SERIES X/S
      – Oculus Rift
      – PlayStation 5

    23. anengineerandacat on

      Similar-ish journey, just nix the following:

      * Gamegear
      * Virtual Boy
      * Dreamcast (actually regret not getting one)
      * Gamecube (don’t regret skipping that for my PS2 instead)

      Add like 7~ PC’s to this list though; had a lot of laptops and such given to me because my Pop’s company had buyout programs for hardware so was usually getting pretty regular upgrades.

      Since like 1998~… was pretty involved in MMO’s (Ragnarok Online, Eve Online, WoW) so also just spent a good chunk of time on those as well.

      Nowadays, it’s just the Nintendo Switch + M-series MBP + PS5 + Retro Console (currently an Anbernic RG405M, once things settle down economy wise would like an Odin Portal tho…) and for PC gaming usually just use streaming related services (Nvidia’s works wonderfully well).

      With a kiddo, if I can’t pause it… I can’t play it.

    26. Kiytostuone on

      I want a switch 2, but unfortunately I’m in Japan for the launch, so need to wait until I get back to Europe to buy one since Nintendo won’t sell one to me in Japan…

      Yes, the world is backwards!

    28. Robertroo on

      Atari 2600 > Nintendo 64 > Gameboy > Playstation 2 > Xbox > Xbox 360 > Xbox One > Playstation 4

    29. yowen2000 on

      Lol mine was:

      OG GameBoy, that I won
      Sega Megadrive II

      Aaaand that’s it, lol, I switched to PC gaming. Messed around with an emulator here and there.

    30. noonespe on

      I had a friend who had a Virtual Boy, which was insanely cool when it came out. You literally got everything!