friskykillface
Banned
GameCube
My mom wrote a check too when paying for it lol
My mom wrote a check too when paying for it lol
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Last Console Your Parents / Family Bought You?
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Metal Khaos
Member
PS2 as it was also a double for a family DVD player.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
Money for a PS2 since my family lives in Spain and I was going to the US for college.
Bought the system, a memory card and Final Fantasy X
ah, good times
Bought the system, a memory card and Final Fantasy X
ah, good times
Prince of Space
Banned
The original PlayStation, Christmas 1999.
Goldenroad
Member
My mom bought me a PS1 in like Grade 11 to kind of stop me from going out and smoking weed every night. Little did she know how well video games and weed go together. That was the last gaming system someone else bought for me. The first one I bought with my own money was a GBA.
gingerbeardman
Member
Switch for my 40th
Wii for my 30th
SNES in my teens
Wii for my 30th
SNES in my teens
Before that was uhhh I guess a 360 when that came out.Adam_Roman
Member
My Nintendo DS Lite, after the hinge on my DS cracked. That's actually the only system they bought for me too. They gave my brother an N64, GBA, and DS. I had to save up my allowance/birthday/Christmas money to get my GBA SP, GameCube, two DSes before the DS Lite because the first was stolen. I was 12 or 13 when they got me the DS Lite so after that I didn't really expect them to get me any game related stuff.
Lol
My mom was fervently against my video game playing. I was fortunate that my dad realized it was a hobby I was getting a lot of enjoyment out of.
My mom still gives me shit for playing video games and I'm 31 fucking years old.
sixteen-bit
Member
Gen 6 consoles were all good imo. Can't go wrong with PS2, Gamecube, Xbox or even Dreamcast.
Still has gotta suck not getting what u wanted tho.
Anyway on topic: PS2.
Hispanic! At the Disco
Member
XB1 lol but my dad just likes buying new tech and giving it to his kids cuz hes too busy to use it. Of course once I moved out the rest was on my own 
DarkConfidant
Member
PS3 as a birthday gift, though I had bought the PS2 before it with my own money.
$499 was too much for me.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
None. We always had to pay for our own consoles.
MaximusPayne
Member
thiscoldblack
Unconfirmed Member
PlayStation 1.
It was quite an amazing day. :')
It was quite an amazing day. :')
rewopsisnogard
Neo Member
PS1
the_firewithin
Member
Last one I got as a kid was n64. All after was me
Already wanted a PS1 when I had a N64. Never liked the Nintendo exclusives.
Jeronimo Jones
Member
Sega Genesis for me and my brother to share.
Moon Presence
Member
My mom bought me a PS2. I've told my sister that a Switch would be a nice gift for Christmas, I'm waiting.
Mine was the Playstation 3, a few years into its life. Past that... I remember getting 3DS, Vita, PS4 and Switch all with my own money around launch (and X1 after a year or two). PS4 I think was the first one where I was working, but I had enough saved up for the handhelds before that.
CommanderBuck
Neo Member
Nintendo 64. My mom bought a ps1 for my younger brother and sister
BBQ_of_DOOM
Member
GameCube. Still miss it.
Crankshaft
Member
The psp, unless handhelds don't count, then it was the Gamecube. Which I don't remember even asking for. I think I made some off hand remark that the gamecube had some cool games. Then Christmas came and I was shocked.
The psp I definitely asked for.
The psp I definitely asked for.
Same here.
My parents bought me a Nintendo Entertainment System and a Sega Genesis for two of my birthdays. Both were pretty far into their generations when I got them, as my parents weren't going to spend much more than $100 on a gift when i was a kid. I think that I got my NES in March 1991 and the Genesis in March 1994. That would have made me 9 and 12. I also had a C64 before my NES, which was my first Computer.
I bought myself every other system since then, starting with the 32x near launch (blah). So 13 consoles, 5 handhelds, and however you want to count the Switch. SNES, N64, and Dreamcast were all after the fact, when places were cleaning out their game stock. The rest were concurrent with their generations.
3DS, and Switch have been my only "launch year" systems in the past 20 years. Saturn was my only launch month system. PS1, PS2, and the Wii were about a year after launch. Most of the others were 2-3 years post launch. I dislike launch window game droughts.
I bought myself every other system since then, starting with the 32x near launch (blah). So 13 consoles, 5 handhelds, and however you want to count the Switch. SNES, N64, and Dreamcast were all after the fact, when places were cleaning out their game stock. The rest were concurrent with their generations.
3DS, and Switch have been my only "launch year" systems in the past 20 years. Saturn was my only launch month system. PS1, PS2, and the Wii were about a year after launch. Most of the others were 2-3 years post launch. I dislike launch window game droughts.
gotstrangepowers
Banned
My mom boiught me a Dreamcast while I was in college when I got a house off-campus finally.