Has there ever been a game that drove you to purchase a console?

I bought a 360 for Mass Effect 2, a Wii for Silent Hill Shattered Memories.

@NinjaBerd said:

This is probably going to sound terrible...

I bought my PS3 because Unreal Tournament 3.

I did as well. Well I would say I just bought mine earlier than I would have otherwise if not for UT3. Hell nevermind the mediocre game, free cooked mods, and keyboard/mouse support on console? This is when DLC was still mostly a nickel and dime thought, and not a thing. I don't regret it.

Now had I waited til GT5.....

Xbox 360 - Kameo: Elements of Power (and Gears of War to a smaller extent)

Xbox - Halo

GameCube - Soul Calibur 2

I bought a PS2 to play Shadow of the Colossus. It's still one of my all-time favourites. I played it for a short bit on a friends PS2, and was basically thinking "I need to have this as soon as possible". So it was the game I picked up the PS2 with, and my expectations were met, then blown away.

I bought a 360 to play Bioshock when it came out. I actually bought Bioshock before I got the 360. I think I actually played Quake 4 and Gears first though, because I wanted to wait until I was back home to play Bioshock, to give it the right attention.

Halo got me to buy a Xbox

Well yeah, pretty much all of the consoles I've ever bought. I bought my Game Boy because I wanted to play Pokemon, I bought my N64 because I wanted to play Zelda and Mario, I bought my Gamecube because of Sunshine and Luigi's Mansion, I bought my PS2 because... Huh... Why did I buy a PS2? Kingdom Hearts? Maybe? I bought my DS for Pokemon, I bought my Wii for Super Paper Mario and Mario Galaxy, I bought my PS3 for InFamous and LittleBigPlanet, and I bought my 3DS for Super Mario 3D Land.

@Conner said:

The reason I have an Xbox 360 is because I had to have Gears of War. However Home is looking really good and I kind of want a PS3.

Timetravel offers so many perks, but the greatest of all is the benefit of hindsight.

Pokemon Red/Blue for the GameBoy Colour.

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate will be one of the only games I'll have for the Wii U. I'll be perfectly fine with that.

Elder scrolls; Oblivion...Xbox 360.

Playstation 3: Metal Gear Solid 4, totally worth it.

Gamecube - Resident evil 4

Halo: Combat Evolved - Xbox

Project Gotham Racing 3 - Xbox 360

Ridge Racer - Playstation

Shadow of the Colossus - Playstation 2

Wipeout Pure - Playstation Portable

Metropolis Street Racer - Dreamcast

Turok - Nintendo 64

A Wii U to play Rayman Legends, that worked out well!*

*Still looking forward to Bayonetta 2, The Wonderful 101, Xenowhatever, and first party stuff.

@Rually said:

Just curious, cause Little Big Planet is really motivating me to buy a PS3.

multiple times. Mario got me to buy every Nintendo console ever made, Halo 2 and PGR2 got me to buy the Xbox, and the PS3 was sold to me on the back of MGS4

Gamecube to play Wind Waker (which still is my favorite Zelda, but it was my first one). Still thinking about buying a ps3 for Journey.

I will probably buy a WiiU for Bayonetta 2

I bought DS to play the newest Golden sun. It was a letdown but it doesnt matter as i got my eyes opened for ace attorney instead by Gant bomb :)

@FesteringNeon said:

@NinjaBerd said:

This is probably going to sound terrible...

I bought my PS3 because Unreal Tournament 3.

I did as well. Well I would say I just bought mine earlier than I would have otherwise if not for UT3. Hell nevermind the mediocre game, free cooked mods, and keyboard/mouse support on console? This is when DLC was still mostly a nickel and dime thought, and not a thing. I don't regret it.

Now had I waited til GT5.....

Wow, I really didnt think anyone would get me so well.

I've been holding this in for years and its finally time to come clean: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 made me get a Sega Saturn. A week later I found out Mortal Kombat Trilogy was planned for Psx. Don't laugh

I'm buying a 3DS for the new Fire Emblem game. I'll hopefully get around to playing that 3D Mario sometime next year lol.

NES = Super Mario Bros. 3

SNES = Super Mario World

Genesis = Sonic the Hedgehog

PS1 = Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen (seriously)

PS2 = Just bought off the hype of the PS1, really. Got it on launch.

Xbox = Halo

Gamecube = Metroid Prime

Xbox 360 = Oblivion and Ghost Recon.

PS3 = Bought off the hype of the PS2... should have waited on this one.

Wii = Mario Galaxy, sold the system within the year. I've never hated a system more.

PC = bought a new PC/upgraded for the following games, Baldur's Gate, Farcry, Starcraft 2, Witcher 2, and I'll probably upgrade again soon when I see the final specs of the new consoles.

Halo 2.

MGS4 made me buy my PS3. I really hope Ground Zeroes doesn't end up being a next generation game, because I don't want to buy a new console until the slim version comes out.

Dissida Final Fantasy got me to buy a PSP. Also Red Dead Redemption and inFamous conviced me to buy a PS3.

Fire Emblem is speaking to me right now for a 3DS. I'd also enjoy Animal Crossing on it when that comes out. Otherwise not sure what I'd really want to play.

Final Fantasy VII made me take my Nintendo 64 money that I was saving up and use it to get a Playstation.

@ArtisanBreads said:

Fire Emblem is speaking to me right now for a 3DS. I'd also enjoy Animal Crossing on it when that comes out. Otherwise not sure what I'd really want to play.

Same for Fire Emblem, also Luigis mansion

Metroid Prime

Uncharted 2