Have you ever bought a console just for one game?

honru · 21-11-2003 1:08am #1

Seems like those days are rare, but have you ever bought a console on the strength of one game? I probably got a Nintendo 64 because of Super Mario 64, and I definetly got an Xbox because of Halo.

smiaras · 21-11-2003 1:09am

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SickBoy · 21-11-2003 1:15am

Bought a PS2 to play GT2. Sold the lost 6 months later:o

tman · 21-11-2003 1:18am

i'll be getting a cube mostly for metroid prime...

i've had the pleasure of sampling viewtiful joe & fzero, so it's not purely for mp any more

Tellox · 21-11-2003 1:50am

ps2 - ffx

amp · 21-11-2003 2:15am

The sole reason I bought my first playstation was to save money on the then astounding Ridgeracer, which was almost perfect translation imo. I bought a ps2 to play the sublime SSX tricky and a Gameboy to play Tetris. So, in short, yes.

bizmark · 21-11-2003 2:27am

i bought a new pc so i can play Doom 3 and X2 - the threat ... both of which wont be out untill ....oh i dont know when the Sun goes nova

:rolleyes:

milltown · 21-11-2003 2:27am

Got my Playstation all those years ago on the strength of a few hours playing Gran Turismo. Never bought another game for it iirc.

chernobyl · 21-11-2003 4:52am

Saturn: Virtua Fighter.

super_furry · 21-11-2003 8:11am

Yup. I got the N64 for Ocarina of Time and bought my Gamecube to play Wind Waker.

eddhorse · 21-11-2003 10:12am

yeah i played a mate of mine n64 , goldeneye was deadly , so i just had to have my own !!!!!
dang

Mr E · 21-11-2003 10:37am

N64 for Mario 64...... Sold it 6 months later. Then bought another one when Ocarina came out! (Sold that 6 months later again!)

- Dave.

DiscoStu · 21-11-2003 10:45am

it took me 2 years to fork out for a ps2 just to play final fantasy x. would have bought one sooner but my pc was good enough to play all new games then. bought the gamecube with the sole intention of playing zelda to.

quaalude · 21-11-2003 10:46am

I got a Dreamcast for Jet Set Radio, and an Xbox for Jet Set Radio Future!

vac · 21-11-2003 12:29pm

No.

][cEMAN** · 21-11-2003 12:39pm

Originally posted by super_furry
Yup. I got the N64 for Ocarina of Time

Same. The Nintendo I got came with goldeneye as well so I was well chuffed!! I think I sold it at some point. I think I did....no wait I did. It's not just gathering dust.

Retr0gamer · 21-11-2003 2:58pm

I usually don't get a console unless theres a must have game on it. Didn't buy my PS2 for a whole year until GTA and Devil May Cry came out. Didn't get my GC until Resident evil was out. The GBA was a no-brainer, F-zero and a castlevania available at launch.

Haven't got a crap console for one game although I did want a 32X just for doom.

Lyconix · 21-11-2003 3:05pm

I was once tempted to buy a PS2 just for Gran Turismo 3 and Pro Evolution Soccer. Managed to resist the temptation, though... the extortionate price of the PS2 at the time put me off as well.

Pro Evolution 3 will be coming out on PC, which is pleasing

Stormfox1020 · 21-11-2003 5:14pm

I bought a PS2 for GTA3, Sold later and i bought an Xbox for halo

Jim · 21-11-2003 5:33pm

bought gc for zelda, but having bought it several months before zelda i also got other games.

then after i completed zelda i sold the machine on to one unsuspecting victim.

tHE vAGGABOND · 21-11-2003 5:52pm

bought a playstation for wipeout

TheSonOfBattles · 21-11-2003 6:38pm

Bought an N64 purely for Zelda 64, in fact I bought the game before I bought the console, and then played the game on a mate's N64 till I bought it off him.

I did the same with another friends psx. Bought Final Fantasy VII to see what all the fuss was since the mate was broke, and he was the only one of us had a psx. Loved the game so much had to buy me own psx so I could play it more.

Bought a PS2 solely for Final Fantasy X, that GTA: Vice City was just out was a nice bonus though.

Ry · 21-11-2003 8:37pm

N64 Purely for Goldeneye.

Roller Toaster · 21-11-2003 9:18pm

Xbox for Halo, SNES for Mario Allstars and PS2 for Vice City.

DiscoStu · 21-11-2003 10:34pm

i also bought a playstation just to play final fantasy 7. had to sell my n64 to get it though, was a bad move to as zelda came out the year later and i had to "borrow" a mates n64 and take a week off school pretending to be sick to play it.

Caesar_Bojangle · 21-11-2003 11:28pm

I bought an N64 just for Goldeneye. Subsequently, I sold it less than four months later after I'd completed and played both Ocarina of Time and Goldeneye to death.