The original Xbox was the first console I got with my own cash. Remember not having enough money afterward to get a game with it and renting Buffy or something.
What was the first platform you bought with your own money?
The first one I paid for with my own money would be the PS2. Everything before then was pretty much a birthday or Christmas gift.
Huh, come to think of it... I've never bought a console with my own money. I did buy buy several hundreds of euros worth of pc hardware, though.
Game Boy Advance - Used it once the day I got it, never touched it again.
I paid for some PC parts and built a "gaming PC" when I was like 13, so that would have been first I guess.
First actual console would be the Xbox 360.
...but the GBA had so many good games :'(
I bought my PS3 myself about 3 years ago. That's probably part of the reason why I love it so much. Bought it purely for MGS4 and have used it ever since.
Might have to retire it soon in favour of a Slim; that'll be a sad, sad day.
Then I spent a fortune, and continue to, on my current PC.
Umm, I guess the 3DS.
I was lucky enough to get every other console I've ever owned for Christmas/birthdays.
PS1 (although I bought my SNES from selling my NES and master system so if that count then a SNES. Wish I could have afforded to keep them all but there you go).
Sega Master System II - in the mid 90'
Preloaded with Sonic and a generic soccer game. Dont think I every bought another game for it.
Original xbox. Well, the Limited Edition Halo XBox. I went for a walk one day, during the summer, down to a local game store, saw the LE Xbox and on something of a whim went "You know what, I have the money for this." and bought it. And then proceeded to carry that thing the like, two miles back to my house.
I wanna say Gamecube? . . . I got everything else as Christmas or Birthday gifts. . . or they were purchased with Christmas or Birthday money.
Gamecube is the first one I remember actually going do the store after cashing my paycheck and buying. Not a whole lot of great memories actually playing the thing.
Gamecube. However that is the only one so far, I have received both an original Xbox and an Xbox 360 as gifts since then.
Surprisingly to me, now that I think about it, the first console that I bought with entirely my own money was the PS3 and now my 3DS. Both my 360 and Wii had some parental holiday money involved.
Game Boy Color.
I mowed lawns for quite a while and then bought it with Pokemon back when it came out =)
No regrets
The Playstation 2. Thought I was done with video games since I was an emancipated minor at 17 with no money working a crappy job as a dish washer at a knock off hooters who could barely make ends meet. Until I played an in-store demo of Devil May Cry which was mind blowing at the time that I decided to give up cigarettes to afford a PS2.
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