what was the first console you bought personaly

As the question says what was the first console you ever bought with your own money. No parents, grandparents, or friends help. Not even a gift from friends or family.

I had a SEGA GENESIS and didn't need another console but wondered what the Snes was all about. So the first console I ever bought by myself was a SNES to get my mario fix.

I think it was a Sega Nomad to be honest. My Genesis was likely the last of my consoles as gifts.

:P Xbox 360 ....

Nintendo 64, purple controller, Goldeneye.

With my own money, my PS3.

NES when I was 5. I assume I was given the money specifically to buy it.

Original fat Game Boy son. You might not consider it a console per se but I saved up and it was awesome.

Wii. Up until that point they were usually Christmas or birthday presents.

I haven't bought my own yet. All of my consoles have been generous gifts. I'm planning to buy a laptop soon, hopefully one fit for gaming that lasts for at least 5 years.

My Gamecube was bought with allowance money. My PS3 Slim was bought with my own paycheck.

My family bought the Atar 2600, NES and my girlfriend bought me a SNES. We were married when I bought a N64. In a lot of ways, I've never bought my own console.

PS3 when I was 17...

Original Xbox, my first console too.

I think it's either my 3DO or PS1. I have an Atari 2600, NES, SNES and Genesis, but these were all bought by my parents if I remember correctly.

I've never bought my own console. I'm in my 20s.

Game Boy Color at launch.  The home consoles before that were all received as presents.

@AlexW00d: yeah with your own money

Silver Gamecube with a free copy of Wind Waker and Super Smash Brothers. First console I ever bought on launch was a Xbox 360.

Original Playstation. Although, I've spent enough money renting Super Nintendos that I could have bought one five times over.

Gamecube.

The best system ever made.

PC if that counts, Xbox 360 if the PC doesn't count

Gamecube. My parents did buy me one originally, but it broke, and I had to pony up for a new one.

An Xbox off of Ebay, whose purpose was to be modified so I could play emulators on a television. This was in early 2010.

I also bought a laptop later that same year with my own money, rendering the Xbox nearly useless except to play Halo across system link on. Well, I almost bought all of it - my grandfather gave me a little bit of it.

My original Nintendo DS was stolen from me. I had to save up because I wanted a new one, at least I was told. Then my Dad went to Wal-Mart, bought me one, then let me open it with the promise that I would work it off. I don't know if this counts, since working off $150 meant cutting the grass twice and doing the dishes once.

I also bought my own iPod Touch, if you want to count that as a gaming machine (some do), but I don't have it anymore. The damned thing broke within 30 days. Instead of replacing it, I returned it and bought a little Walkman and a bunch of games.

And next I plan to buy a PSVita later this year or sometime next year.

I had saved up Birthday and Christmas money and bought an original Playstation 2 when I was a kid, but straight up from my own hard eared cash....a GBA SP used at Gamestop or a new Gamecube for $99 like 5 years ago, I forget which was first.

N64, or gamboy color, one of them dont remember which.

Hm, good question. I'll be turning 23 this year and I've owned nearly every console since the NES, sans Saturn, yet the first one I bought for myself would be my PS3 last year. The year previous I bought a Wii for my girlfriend.

I believe it was my PS2. I sold an old truck my dad gave me for $700 and that was just enough to buy the PS2, a memory card and GTA 3. GTA 3 was the only game I ever owned on that PS2 as there was nothing else out for it for a good year or two that interested me. I really regretted buying it for a long time. Eventually I ended up selling it and buying one again years later when it had a bunch of games I wanted to play.

Nintendo 64 with Super Mario 64 in college(my parents wouldn't let me purchase a console before then. With all the rentals, it would have been better to let me purchase the NES and SNES.

It was a PS2 for me. My mom got mad and yelled at me in the store.

PS2 slim. I had to replace the one my brother broke.

My PSP, a week ago.

I bought a GameCube with my own money when I was young, but that was the first and last time I've bought myself a console. My Xbox and 360 were both gifts.

SNES Best purchase ever.

The first I bought myself was a used N64 on an high school field trip for $10 at an EB Games near the place we stopped for lunch.

I bought a 360 arcade as my first new console just after I got my first pay check at my first job.

PS2

I bought a Sega Dreamcast on the day it was released in 1999. Unfortunately my investment was not that long lived. I only bought 3 or 4 games for it . But I still have it. :)

I didn't originally buy this PC, but I have upgraded most of it with parts I bought myself, does that count?

Nintendo Gamecube. I was so happy when I got it. It came along with a free memory card & Super Mario Sunshine.

Game Boy Advance, only ever got two games for it.

PS2.

Original PS, so I could play Wipeout 2097, Tekken, Tempest and Tomb Raider.

With no help from anyone? The Nintendo Wii. I'm not sure if I regret buying a Wii, but I think I regret buying it when I did, I wish I'd have had an Xbox 360 or a PS3 back then.

PC and Wii.

I'm thinking about buying a new PS3 as well since my old one makes too much noise and my dad is contently borrowing it to watch movies.

With no help from anyone? The Nintendo Wii. I'm not sure if I regret buying a Wii, but I think I regret buying it when I did, I wish I'd have had an Xbox 360 or a PS3 back then.

The Xbox 360.

@mylifeforAiur said:

The Xbox 360.

This. I was a spoiled child.

I had a SEGA GENESIS and didn't need another console but wondered what the Snes was all about. So the first console I ever bought by myself was a SNES to get my mario fix.

original xbox when i was 16