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True System Sellers. What systems have you bought for ONE game?

The only thing I can think of is the Super Nintendo for Super Mario World. But I was six at the time and I wanted the SNES itself more, and SMW was packed in. I guess it still counts though.
 
Playstaion 3 - Metal Gear Solid 4
Playstaion 2 - Metal Gear Solid 2
Xbox - Panzer Dragoon Orta
N64 - Super Mario 64
SNES - Street Fighter 2
 
I bought a Gamecube for Resident Evil 4.

I was kind of pissed when they announced it was coming to PS2 :lol
 
Consoles:

Mega Drive - Sonic the Hedgehog

SNES - Super Mario Wolrd

N64 - Super Mario 64

PSX - Final Fantasy VII

GameCube - Mario Kart Double Dash

Wii - Wii Sports (actually the whole Wiimote thing)

PS3 - GTA4/MGS4

360 - Gears of War I&II
 
N64: GoldenEye
PS3: Blade Runner Limited Blu-Ray set with case. Not a game, I know, but this blu-ray release forced my hand on getting a PS3
 
i built my last pc to play crysis. i made myself like it more then i actually did after spending a few thousand bucks.

i bought the 360 to play PGR3.
 
PS1 - WWF Smackdown
PS2 - WWF Smackdown: Just Bring It
GC - Super Smash Bros Melee
XBOX - Halo

As far as PS3/Wii/360, there wasn't really a system seller for me, I just wanted the consoles.
 
Dreamcast for SF3 3rd Strike
Xbox for Steel Batallion
PS2 for DVD playback
GameCube for Resident Evil REmake
DS for Kirby Canvas Curse
Xbox 360 to Jump In day one
Wii for Mariokart Wii (sold it 6 months later for Bluray Player)
Nintendo 64 for Mariokart 64
Super Nintendo for Mariokart
 
My PS3 for Metal Gear Solid 4, and then it kept getting fucking delayed. :( There were seriously no other games on the console that interested me at that time (which weren't on my 360, anyway) but I had to get one as soon as the MGS4 hype started to ramp up.

But then I discovered Uncharted and all was good. My purchase justified. :D
 
Jive Turkey said:
Nothing. A system needs a decent library before I'll consider a purchase. The closest thing I've done would be buying any Nintendo system for the Nintendo games.
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I'm going to go with this.
 
Well, I own a tonne of consoles, and became a collector in the earlier part of this decade, but growing up there was only one game that made me buy a console I didn't originally want, as I was a hardcore Segabot.

This game has made me the gamer I am today, and opened my eyes to the glory of multi-console ownership...

that title is...

Mario Kart 64

Once I played it, I HAD to own a 64. Up until then, I had only owned Sega consoles, and had a Saturn at the time. I sold my Saturn (bought another one later on) and bought a 64. It made me realise how great multiplayer gaming could be, and made me realise owning octher consoles aside from just one meant I would never again miss out on amazing titles on other platforms.
 
Bought the PS2 on launch in 2000, knowing Final Fantasy X, Gran Turismo 3 and Metal Gear Solid 2 were coming in the future
 
The first console I actually bought for myself was a PS1, for FFVIII. I went into the store and bought a brand new playstation, and a memory card, then asked for a copy of FFVIII. The guy was like "Uhh, this game isn't actually supposed to be released until tomorrow." But since I'd just bought a console specifically to play it, and didn't have any other games with it, he let me take it anyway. Nice chap.
 
I didnt buy any system for one game but I did but many system because of one game.

Turbo16 - Military Madness
PS1 - FFVII
360 - Gears 1
GBA - Final fantasy Tactics Advanced
DS - Elite Beat Agents and Trauma Center
 
For the systems I remember not getting at launch recently, these were the games that set off the "buy" impulse:

PSP - Loco Roco
DS - Nintendogs
Playstation 3 - Motorstorm, Blu Ray capability, backwards compatibility (imported a US launch system in March 2007)
 
NES - Uncle gave to me
SNES - Star Fox
PS1 - ...can't remember
N64 - Mario 64
Dreamcast - Jet Grind Radio (seems bizarre in retrospect, PSO was the second part)
PS2 - Kingdom Hearts
360 - Halo 3
Wii - Mario Kart Wii
 
PSX - FFVII
(even though I played the PC version the summer before)

If my ex hadn't already had a PS2, I would have bought it explicitly for FFX.
 
Nintendo 64 - Super Mario 64
PlayStation - MegaMan X4
Dreamcast - Sonic Adventure
Xbox - Halo: Combat Evolved
Gameboy Color - Pokemon Blue
GameCube - Sonic Adventure 2: Battle (no joke)

All of my other system purchases were due to multiple games or expecting sequels to existing titles.
 
PS1 - FF VII
PS2 - FF X & GTA3
PS3 - Little Big Planet < Swallowed by hype
Xbox1 - KOTOR
Xbox360 - Gears of War
Wii - Wii Sports < Yes, I'm a sucker.
 
Biohazard 4 for Gamecube
Biohazard 4 for Wii
Pokemon for DS/GBA/GBC/GB

Otherwise I don't really give a damn about Nintendo systems anymore. :lol
 
Atari 2600: Parents bought for me
GB: Same
NES: Same
SNES: Same
N64: Mario 64
DC: Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Xbox: Halo
Gamecube: Resident Evil
Xbox 360: Perfect Dark Zero (by default)
Wii: Galaxy
DS: SM64DS
GBA: Pokemon Ruby
 
I pretty much buy nintendo consoles for nintendo games.

Later in the gen I'll buy other consoles for a selection of good games
 
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