Games that made you convert... Game changers!

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#1  Edited By ptys

With Mass Effect 2... and a line of other exclusives upon us just interested to see if anyone has bought a console specifically for one game release? I remember getting my Xbox 360 because of "Resident Evil 5" believe it or not and my PS3 for "Uncharted 2" primarily...  
 
But anyway my point is... if I didn't have a X360, I'd be buying one this week! ME2

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#2  Edited By v

I mean, i'm getting a PS3, but its not for one exclusive.  I got it for Uncharted 2, Heavy Rain, most likely SSFIV, and some others

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#3  Edited By ajamafalous

I bought an Xbox for Halo CE.

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#4  Edited By mrfizzy

i got my ps3 for a number of exclusives rather than a single specific one. 

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#5  Edited By Hamst3r
@ptys said:

"just interested to see if anyone has bought a console specifically for one game release?"


I'd never do that.
 
Even if we're talking my system of choice, if I didn't already have a PC, I wouldn't buy one just to play a specific game. Nor would I upgrade with the sole intent of playing one game assuming the possibility that I may never using the system again.
 
I'll get by without the games on whatever systems I don't have. :)
 
EDIT: Nor in my youth, did I ever request a console with only one or two games in mind.
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#6  Edited By Coombs

I bought a Sega Genesis for Killer Instinct....   From SNES
And a Playstation for Tekken.....   From N64
And a XBox for Halo 2....  From PS2
 
But I still played the old ones too,
It's not like I ever sold a system to get the other just for one game.

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#7  Edited By ptys

Guess it's not so much the "only" game... but the one that sealed the deal!

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#8  Edited By TobyD81

Sonic 2 sold me (actually my parents) on a Genesis.

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#9  Edited By mikeeegeee

Halo:CE for Xbox, Mario 64 or Goldeneye for N64, I forget. Though I know Pilot Wings also had some influence.
 
Gears of War, surprisingly enough, for 360. Even though I've somewhat grown to dislike what that game stands for these days.
 
Oh and Kid Chameleon for Genesis. Wow, those were the days.

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#10  Edited By WinterSnowblind

LittleBigPlanet was the game that finally made me get a PS3 (although not the only reason)
Ironically, I hated the game.
 
It was the GTA Double Pack for the Xbox, since I only owned a Dreamcast and Gamecube before that, getting superior versions of two games I loved playing at friends houses was what really sold me.  I got Halo for free with the thing, and didn't really like it at first.  It wasn't until I really started playing it that I fell in love.  Like many others, I think I just didn't want to like it.  So I can really understand how ignorant many of the "Halo is overrated comments" are coming from.
 
Dissidia for the PSP.

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#11  Edited By Callumrides

halo: ce for xbox

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#12  Edited By User_Hostile

I bought my PS3 just to play Uncharted 2, best decision ever.

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#13  Edited By Noxpectius

Bought a X360 for Fable II. That game alone has made it a worthwhile purchase.

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#14  Edited By armaan8014
@Noxpectus said:
" Bought a X360 for Fable II. That game alone has made it a worthwhile purchase. "
That's exactly  why I want an X360!  And whenever I DO buy it, (an year or two from now maybe), the first game I'll play will be Fable II and III
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#15  Edited By danielkempster

I bought a DS Lite way back in 2006, solely in anticipation of Final Fantasy III. Well worth it, and I ended up playing a ton of other awesome games on it too (before it was stolen).

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#16  Edited By crystalskull2

Bought a PS2 to play God of War.

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#17  Edited By guiseppe

I bought a Gamecube to play Resident Evil 4.

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#18  Edited By ApolloJ85

Bought a 360 for guitar hero 2, got gears of war at the same time.
 
At the time, I got home and immediately thought "what am I doing?" Three years later, best purchase ever.

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#19  Edited By ToxicFruit

no I have never done that.

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#20  Edited By zeforgotten

I bought my consoles for.. a lot of different games. 
Not one game is worth me buying a console.  

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#21  Edited By penguindust

I guess you could say I bought a PS3 for Resistance: Fall of Man, but back then (launch) everyone who bought a PS3 did. 

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#22  Edited By CharleyTony

I didnt get any system for just one game. 
I did get my PS3 when Uncharted 2 just came out and they had just released the PS3 Slim 120GB 
 
I got a Xbox 360 after seing Crackdown, Gears 1 and NHL 2007 
 
I recently got an old Gamecube and in a single purchase got Zelda Wind Waker, Metroid Prime 1 & 2 and a GBA player... 
 
Did get a PS2 specificly for God of War 1&2 and FF12 (dont have that anymore :(  )
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@Coombs: I didn't know they made a Genesis version of Killer Instinct... Wasn't Rare a second party to Nintendo at the time?
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#24  Edited By Dogma

My convert game was a bunch of Playstation games. When Final Fantasy VII, Resident Evil 2, Metal Gear Solid, Twisted Metal and a bunch of other awesome games came out for the Playstation during 96-97 i grew up and left my Nintendo fanboyish ways behind me. I did not buy a Playstation though. But the only reason I didn't was a money issue. That and that my friend had a Playstation while I had a Nintendo 64 so we played games on both systems. The first non Nintendo console I bought was the Dreamcast and then it just rolled on.... 
 
So I would call the Playstation as a machine a game changer for me. From that point on the only thing that mattered was good games.

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#25  Edited By The_Ish

Half-Life made me realize how much fun an FPS can be.

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#26  Edited By MikkaQ

I sold my gamecube and games for an Xbox when Halo 2 dropped. I bought a PS3 just to play MGS4, then last year we finally got some good games other than that one come out. 
 
I bought a Wii... actually I don't know why I did that. I had extra money, no real game in mind, and wanted to own all the consoles I guess.

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#27  Edited By napalm

I bought a PlayStation 2 for GTAIII. I must have sunked at least 300 hours into that game.

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#28  Edited By JCGamer

I bought a PS1 for FFVII, the summer before the game was even released.

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#29  Edited By sopranosfan

Original Xbox for Halo....don't judge me.

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#30  Edited By themightymonarch

I bought a PS2 for GTAIII, a PS3 for Metal Gear Solid 4, and a 360 for Shadow Complex.

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#31  Edited By Elite_Jason

Lost World Jurassic Park and a Playstation, over Goldeneye and Nintendo 64.

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#32  Edited By VanderSEXXX

Damn I may be old But I remember getting the following. 
 
Bought Super Nintendo ..... for Super Double Dragon, Super Metroid, Final Fantasy Series, and Street Fighter 2 
Bought Sega Genesis...... for Shining Force, Shinobi, and Streets of Rage 
Sony Playstation....Final Fantasy 7, Tekken, Soul Edge 
Sony Playstation 2..... Metal Gear Solid 2 (which I didnt like in the end)  
Nintendo Gamecube.... for Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes, & Metroid Prime
Microsoft Xbox....... for Ninja Gaiden 
Nintendo Wii....... Super Smash Bros: Brawl 
Sony Playstation 3 ....... for Ninja Gaiden Sigma (actually thought NG series was gonna be exclusive to PS3 but I was wrong.:p)

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#33  Edited By Noxpectius
@armaan8014 said:
" @Noxpectus said:
" Bought a X360 for Fable II. That game alone has made it a worthwhile purchase. "
That's exactly  why I want an X360!  And whenever I DO buy it, (an year or two from now maybe), the first game I'll play will be Fable II and III "
Definatly worth it mate. But like you said, I'd wait a year. Fable III is probably a launchtitle for Project Natal, and said motion-sensing thing is probably gonna be included in some special X360 by then.
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#34  Edited By OldGuy

A 486/33, a new Sound Blaster 2.0 and a Roland LAPC-1 to play Wing Commander II (yes, I have the Speech Accessory Pack). 5.25" High Density disks baby!

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#35  Edited By Jimbo7676
Though there were a lot of other good games I was looking forward to for the ps3 I mostly bought it for Metal Gear Solid 4. I have no regrets.
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#36  Edited By CandleJakk

I bought my PS3 for Killzone 2 and inFamous
 
Now, for the first time ever, there are more games that I want on PS3 than 360 out soon.

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#37  Edited By Tarakun

I switched from PS2 to Xbox for Halo CE. Then I switched from Xbox to PC for Counter Strike. Haven't really looked back since. 

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#38  Edited By cannedstingray

I've had a 360 for a while, picked up a PS3 for the exclusives that seem to be mounting up, and recently bought a Wii for the new Silent Hill..
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#39  Edited By chstupid

A Nintendo 64, gamecube, and a wii all for  Super smash brothers 
 
 
 
I regret nothing
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#40  Edited By iam3green

i bought a ps3 for some of the exclusives. 
 
i got into PC gaming because of the awesome things like mods for games and how people still play old games. i would call it decent. i need to get a new processor.

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#41  Edited By Gabriel

PS3 for MGS4, PS2 for Enter the Matrix (yeah I know)

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#42  Edited By Coombs
@SuperfluousMoniker said:
" @Coombs: I didn't know they made a Genesis version of Killer Instinct... Wasn't Rare a second party to Nintendo at the time? "
Yep your right Killer Instinct was SNES,
I was drinking last night, lol
it's supposed to be Mortal Kombat, and game gear from game boy.....
Hmmm..... maybe I should drink less....