Which console would you pick if it were free?

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PS3? 360? Wii? Wii U? PS Vita? 3DS?

(Or something older)

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Neo Geo

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#4  Edited By BeachThunder
  1. Get all consoles for free.
  2. Sell consoles.
  3. Buy PC hardware.
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#5  Edited By Branthog

Well, I dunno. I own at least two or three of everything mentioned, except the Wii U and I'll end up owning at least two of everything in the next generation, too. Free wouldn't change my mind about any of it (except maybe it'd get me a Wii U faster, since I have no interest in one, really).

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#6  Edited By Sterling

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Dreamcast

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#8  Edited By Dark

@oulzac: I agree with this guy.

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#9  Edited By uhtaree

PS3. Sony hasn't dropped the price low enough for me to think about buying one for their exclusives alone, plus, I could still use a blu-ray player (I still haven't seen Avatar or some CG eye candy of the past few years that would benefit from blu-ray).

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#10  Edited By Clonedzero

i'd grab a PS3 for free, i own a 360 and i dont care about Nintendo stuff really. so a PS3 could be cool. ive always wanted to play the uncharted games

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#11  Edited By Hizang

Wait in this scenario do already have all the consoles I currently have? If thats the case I already have a shit load of consoles, but not a 360 so I would go with that. If I however didn't have any consoles I would go with a N64, I could spend the rest of my life happy if thats all I had.

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#12  Edited By xMEGADETHxSLY

A rope and a chair

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#13  Edited By L44

Oh man, either a Coleco Vision or a Dreamcast.

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#14  Edited By JoeyRavn

If it was free? Probably a PS3, just to play Journey and a couple other exclusives. Then I would sell it and buy something to upgrade my PC. Or a Wii U and hold out for better exclusives.

Edit: Now that I think about it, I'd like to play Persona 4 Golden, so a Vita could also be interesting. I would sell it afterwards, though.

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#15  Edited By nightriff

Pristine Dreamcast because I never owned one and I really want to get one now for no apparent reason

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#16  Edited By mcmax3000

I'd get a Wii U, because I already own a PS3, 360, and Wii, and I'm waiting to receive the 3DS I ordered, so it'd be down to a Wii U, and a PS Vita... And I see a lot more future potential in the Wii U at this point, simply for Nintendo exclusives alone. The Vita has nothing.

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#17  Edited By FancySoapsMan

Wii U

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#18  Edited By colourful_hippie

@BeachThunder said:

  1. Get all consoles for free.
  2. Sell consoles.
  3. Buy PC hardware.
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#19  Edited By Spoonman671

I bought a PS3 at launch, so price wasn't really an issue for me.

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#20  Edited By Justin258

A PS Vita. I already have a 360 and a Wii, my brother has a PS3 and I don't want to play it that often. I don't have the slightest interest in a Wii U. A 3DS would be nice but I see a whole lot more potential in the Vita and really, I'm not going to kid myself - there is only one game I'd really like to play on the 3DS, Super Mario 3D Land. Nothing else is really all that interesting. At least with a Vita I'd have a PSP and PS1 combined if nothing else ever comes out with it.

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#21  Edited By Jack268

Wii U. I already have the others except PSVita, and while P4G is a compelling argument, it's still a port of a PS2 game, and it's no Monster Hunter. 
 
Also if it's only the console you'd have to buy an extra memory card for the PSVita I guess, yuck. Although maybe that means you'd also need to buy the pro controller for the WiiU separately, yuck.

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#22  Edited By Video_Game_King

The PS3, I guess. It's really a toss-up between that and the Vita, and I imagine there are more games I'd want on a PS3 than I'd want on a Vita.

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#23  Edited By BaneFireLord

PS3. Those exclusives are taunting me.

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#24  Edited By Xtrememuffinman

WiiU?
 
I have all of this gen's consoles, and I'm not too into handhelds. It'll be an investment, when Nintendo happens.

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#25  Edited By toowalrus

I like the Dualshock...

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#26  Edited By pyromagnestir

Wii U since I don't already own that one.

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#27  Edited By penguindust

Probably the Wii U just so I can play Dragon Quest X when it drops at some point in the future. It's the only game on the system I'm interested in.

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#28  Edited By Flappy

I'd totes get a 3DS. Already have a Vita and a 360, so I needa complete the Holy Trinity...of sorts.

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#29  Edited By nintendork666

3DS XL

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#30  Edited By Cold_Wolven

Wii U as any other console/ handheld I'd consider getting I could pick up for cheaper than the price of the Wii U.

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#31  Edited By butano

Hmm....either a 360 to replace my broken one, or a Vita just to play P4.

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#32  Edited By zrais

If I didn't have any consoles then I would get a 360. Since I have both a 360 and a PS3..a Wii U..always good to have a paper weight.

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#33  Edited By crusader8463

I was going to say 360 because I have the old 20gb pre HDMI cable one -which means I can't have both it and my Wii plugged in at the same time because my TV doesn't have the ports for it- but I think I will go Wii U. That way I could just get rid of the Wii entirely and just use the Wii U to play those Wii games I bought and have yet to touch. I just have zero desire to buy a Wii U right now. Still waiting for it to get a game worth playing.

Ether way, it would all just keep sitting in the corner collecting dust while I play on my PC.

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#34  Edited By buft

I'd love an american Vita, so that i could play Persona 4 golden.

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#35  Edited By pr1mus

A Genesis with the 32x and Sega CD.

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#37  Edited By Levio

Can I pick an arcade machine? I mean, that would probably be a more interesting choice too, picking between the hundreds of machine choices...

I'd probably go with Dig Dug

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Wii U