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What were your System sellers?

Due the lack of Games and especially Jrpgs i bought at first a Xbox 360

The main reason were games like:

Xbox 360:Tales of Vesperia ,Lost Odyssey,Blue Dragon ,Gears of War

Some years later i also bought a Ps3, after Sonys Console was finally recovering and brought out great exclusive games

Ps3: Uncharted, Little Big Planet, Demon Souls,
 
PS3: Valkyria Chronicles
Xbox 360: Bayonetta
PSP: Valkyria Chronicles 2
PS Vita: Gravity Rush
3DS: Bravely Default (regret buying it)
 
DS - Pokémon Diamond
3DS - Animal Crossing: New Leaf

I didn't really base any of my other console purchases on just one game.
 
NES = Super Mario Bros. (i loved that game in the arcades and when i found out it came free with the NES, i had to put it on my Xmas wish list)

SNES = Actraiser, Castlevania 4, Gradius 3, Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts (just a mix of good games. i rented the system a few times before i bought it ...and the few games i mentioned contributed to that purchase)

PC = The 7th Guest, Gabriel Knight Sins of the Fathers, Star Wars Rebel Assault, Doom, and the best version (at the time) of Mortal Kombat.

Nintendo 64 = the AKi Corp wrestling games ...ie, WCW vs NWO Revenge, etc.
 
Defining "system seller" as "first game I bought for the system":

N64 - Super Mario 64
GameCube - Super Smash Bros. Melee
PS2 - Final Fantasy X
DS - Super Mario 64 DS, Pokemon Diamond Version
Wii - The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
3DS - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Wii U - Mario Chase (Nintendo Land)
PS3 - Demon's Souls

Other games that definitely helped justify these purchases:

N64 - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Super Smash Bros., Banjo-Kazooie, Jet Force Gemini, Banjo-Tooie, Perfect Dark
GameCube - Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, Metroid Prime, Metroid Prime 2
PS2 - Final Fantasy XII, Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts II, Katamari Damacy (never wound up buying much for PS2)
DS - New Super Mario Bros., Pokemon SoulSilver Version
Wii - Wii Sports, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Okami, Metroid Prime Trilogy, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Donkey Kong Country Returns, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Xenoblade Chronicles, The Last Story, Rayman Origins, the entire Wii Virtual Console library
3DS - Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Kid Icarus Uprising, Fire Emblem: Awakening
Wii U - Pikmin 3, Super Mario 3D World, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Mario Kart 8
PS3 - Dark Souls, Kingdom Hearts I.5 HD Remix, Final Fantasy IX (just bought my PS3 in June!)
 
Nintendo - Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Nintendo - Super Mario World, Link to the Past
Gameboy - Mario Land 2

Saturn - NiGHTS
Nintendo 64 - Banjo-Kazooie
Playstation - Final Fantasy VII

Dreamcast - Sonic Adventure, Hydro Thunder, Soul Caliber
Playstation 2 - Jak & Daxter and FFX
Gamecube - Metroid Prime, Animal Crossing
Xbox - Halo, JSRF, Project Gotham Racing

Xbox 360 - Viva Pinata TiP & Banjo-Kazooie Nuts & Bolts (loved these games so much)
Playstation 3 - Uncharted & Ratchet ToD
Wii - Donkey Kong Country Returns (regret this system so much)
PSP - FFVII: Crisis Core

Xbox One - Killer Instinct

MS owning Rare and Rare IP means I'll always put Xbox first...just waiting for that return to glory...*cries*

I will get a PS4 for Uncharted 4 and a Wii U whenever a new Metroid or Zelda release.
 
Megadrive - Sonic The Hedgehog
Saturn - Virtua Fighter
Dreamcast - Sonic Adventure
Xbox - Halo/Panzer Dragoon Orta/JSRF
360 - Gears of War/Halo 3
PS3 - God of War Trilogy/Uncharted
Xbox One - Dead Rising 3/Ryse/Crimson Dragon
Wii U - Mario

MS owning Halo means I have to have an Xbox, as long they keep the games coming and the quality remains high.
 
When I was younger my mom would just buy the systems usually, so I didn't really have any consideration of what games were on the system when we got them, heh.

But, for systems I bought myself...

PlayStation 2 - Final Fantasy X
DS - Lunar: Dragon Song (which, ironically, I never bought/played)
Vita - Ys: Memories of Celceta

For the other systems... well, it'd either be a bunch of different games or some sale pushing me to just buy one already (like the PS3, which is now one of my favorite consoles, haha).
 
360: Halo 3
3DS: Pokemon X
PSP: God Eater
PSV: Danganronpa 2

Future purchases...
PS4: God Eater 2:RB, Persona 5, Final Fantasy XV, Kingdom Hearts 3

Can't decide whether I want to get a PS4 or upgrade my PC. Those games are pretty far away..
 
PS2 - Final Fantasy 10

PS3 - PS+

PS4 - Battlefield 4 - That 64 player sold me on buying it, but we all know how that game turned out and some regrets were had

Xbox 360 - Halo

Xbox One - Halo MCC
 
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PS3 - Uncharted
PS4 - Uncharted 4 

N64 - Mario 64
GCN - Mario Sunshine
Wii - Mario Galaxy / Super Paper Mario
3DS - DS Library
WIU - Mario Galaxy 3 ... Metroid Prime 4... neither happened :(
 
NES - Super Mario Bros
SNES - Super Mario World, Super R-Type
N64 - Super Mario 64
Gameboy Color - Link's Awakening DX, Pokemon Blue
Dreamcast - Sonic Adventure
GBA - Metroid Fusion
GameCube - Star Wars Rogue Leader
DS Lite - LoZ Phantom Hourglass
Wii - Wii Sports
PS3 - Metal Gear Solid 3
3DS - Resident Evil Revelations
Vita - eh, just cashed in on a really good deal, no regrets
PS4 - Killzone Shadowfall
Wii U - Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze
 
I've actually been surprisingly often swayed to buying a system by a single game alone.

NES: Probotector and TMNT
GB: Pokemon Red
SNES: Super Metroid
Mega Drive: Sonic The Hedgehog and Desert Strike
Game Gear: Sonic The Hedgehog
PS1: Resident Evil and Tomb Raider
N64: Ocarina of Time
Jaguar: Aliens vs Predator
PS2: MGS2
GameCube: REmake
PSP: GTA Liberty/Vice City Stories
GBA: Pokemon Ruby
360: Fallout 3
Wii: Mario Kart
PS3: Resident Evil 6 (for co-op with fiancée)
DS: Mario Kart
PS4: Transistor, Octodad and Rime.
3DS: Resident Evil: Revelations
PSV: Tearaway.

And selling me on a system soon:

Wii U: Hyrule Warriors, Bayonetta 2, and MK8.
 
NES - Super Mario Bros.

SNES - Super Mario World
Genesis - Sonic the Hedgehog

Playstation - Rayman, Jumping Flash, Battle Arena Toshinden
Nintendo 64 - Super Mario 64

Dreamcast - Sonic Adventure, Power Stone, Ready 2 Rumble
PS2 - bought on hype alone, thankfully it paid off
Xbox - Halo, Wreckless: The Yakuza Missions

Xbox 360 - PGR 3, Dead Rising
Wii: Wii Sports, Twilight Princess

Wii U: Zombie U
Xbox One: Dead Rising 3, Killer Instinct, Titanfall

I didn't include handhelds because those were more of an impulse buy for me, although I did purchase a Neo Geo Pocket Color for SNK vs Capcom.
 
SNES - Super Mario World
PSX - Tekken 3
PS2 - Metal Gear Solid 2
PS3 - Metal Gear Solid 4/Uncharted
PS Vita - Uncharted Golden Abyss/Gravity Rush
 
Great topic! I think this about sums it up.

Nes - Super Mario Bros.
SNES - Mario World/F-Zero
N64 - Star Fox 64/WCW vs NWO:Revenge
Wiiu - Mario 3D World

PSone: Final Fantasy VII/Tekken
PS2: Metal Gear Solid 2/Ridge Racer V
PS3: Gran Turismo 5/Sengoku Basara HD Collection
PSP: Ridge Racers, Dynasty Warriors
Vita: Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Complete

Genesis: Sonic 2
Saturn: Sega Rally/VF2
Dreamcast: Sega Rally 2/Soul Calibur/DOA2 <--just too many to list

Xbox: DOA Ultimate
Xbox 360: Ridge Racer 6/DOA5

GB: Donkey Kong Land
DS: Jump Superstars, Daigassou! Band Brothers
3DS: Super Mario 3D Land

Wonderswan: Final Fantasy
 
Chronological order:

Gameboy: Super Mario Land
SNES: Donkey Kong Country
PC: Settlers or Counter-Strike, can't remember
PSX: THPS
Dreamcast: Crazy Taxi
Xbox: Halo
Xbox 360: GTA 4
PS2: Resident Evil 4

Had a blast with all of them. The only choice I regret now, is giving away my Dreamcast for the Xbox...
 
Ps1: Twisted Metal 2
ps2: MGS2
ps3: Versus XIII and MGS4
psp: Mgs Peace Walker
X360: gears of war trilogy and all the capcom fighting games (SF arcade stick included)
Ps4: might get one in BF once again for FFXV and Mgs5
xb1: maybe in a couple of years for gears.

PsV: i've been wanting one but idk if i would get the console just for P4G..if GE2 and Corpse party 3 come ill get it
 
Gamecube: Super Smash Bros. Melee
Xbox 360: Gears of War
Wii: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
PlayStation 3: Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut
PlayStation Portable: Persona 3 Portable/Homebrew Emulators
PlayStation Vita: Persona 4 Golden
Xbox One: D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die
Wii U: Bayonetta 2
 
PS4 - Knack (haha!)
PS3 - MGS4
PS2 - MGS2
PS1 - Crash Bandicoot
PSV - Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational
Wii U - Wind Waker HD
Gamecube - Resident Evil
Xbox 360 - Halo (all of em)
Xbox - Panzer Dragoon Orta
Sega Genesis - Sonic The Hedgehog 2
 
N64 - none actually, I was too young to buy it myself. My father bought it for me alongside Super Mario 64 and Ocarina of Time, best gaming decision I could've wished for. Both are my two favourite games of all time.

NGC - The Wind Waker

PS2 - Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

DS - Phantom Hourglass

Wii - Super Mario Galaxy and Twilight Princess (both not on release though)

PS3 - Skyrim (was on a gaming hiatus since 2005 or so, and Skyrim brought me back in 2011). I was in love and I never immersed myself that much in a game since Ocarina of Time, despite the horrendous PS3 port.

X360 - Banjo-Kazooie and Tooie XBLA ("lost" my N64 and I was dying to replay BT)

3DS - A Link Between Worlds and Ocarina of Time 3D

Wii U - Super Smash Bros. and Zelda U, definitely the latter.

PS4 - None yet, probably a cumulation of their exclusives that I enjoyed last gen.

XBO - Banjo-Threeie or new IPs. And N&B2 would make me never buy an XBO.

N3DS - Majora's Mask 3D
believe
 
Xbox 360 - Mass Effect

That's actually the only console I've ever owned that I decided to get myself. Growing up, I just kind of assumed PlayStation was all there was so me and my brother got those. I'll probably get a Wii U around Christmas time and a 3DS when the new model comes out in the UK. There's not so much one system seller on these devices as there is just a great selection of exclusive games I'd love to try along with titles I've missed in the past I want to experience.

Then there's the switch to PC I've decided to make which is again is down to the whole package it offers for gaming rather than a single game.
 
gameboy pocket - pokemon blue
Ps1 - Final Fantasy 7
N64 - Mario 64
Wii U - MH3U
3DS - Animal Crossing and Pokemon Y
360 - Halo 3

Those are the systems I bought because of one driving force rather than a bunch of games.
 
Ps1: mortal kombat 3
Saturn: xmen vs street fighter
N64: goldeneye
Dc: marvel vs capcom
Gamecube: resident evil
Ps2: metal gear solid 2
Xbox: halo
PS3: metal gear solid 4
360: halo 3
Ps4: mgs ground zeros, MLB the show, alien isolation
 
PS1: Nothing, I just happened to find one in working condition in my house for some reason.
Dreamcast: Sonic Adventure
Gamecube: Sonic Heroes
Xbox 360: Sonic Unleashed
PS3: Nothing, my sister got one and we shared it.
DSlite: Pokemon Diamond
2DS: Pokémon ORAS
 
Gameboy Advance: Pokemon Sapphire
Nintendo DS: Advance Wars Dual Strike
Nintendo 3DS: Fire Emblem Awakening
PSP: Megaman Powered Up

NES: Megaman 1-3
N64: Mariokart 64
NGC: Smash Bros Melee
Wii: Smash Bros Brawl
PS3: Little Big Planet
WiiU: Smash Bros 4 WiiU

Also got a Gameboy/SNES for birthday/Sinterklaas, but I don't think I was particularly hyped for a game on either systems. Just got one because I liked playing them at a cousin's place, ha.
 
Master System - Alex The Kid
Dreamcast - Sonic Adventure and Power Stone also loved the VMU

N64 - Mario 64
Gamecube - Luigi's Mansion
Wii - Twilight Princess
Wii U - I think I wanted it regardless of what was on it


Xbox - PGR
360 - Fable 2

GBA - FZero
DS - Mario 64
3DS - Mario and Zelda

PS1 - Tomb Raider
PS2 - Metal Gear 2
PS4 - Blood Borne
 
Most I have bought for general games but these are the ones that I bought to play one or two games....

PS1: Tekken and Wipeout
N64: mario 64
Xbox: Halo
PS4: MLB the show
Xbox one: MCC

I end up buying them all each gen though to play exclusives even if its late (like I will do with Wii U)
 
PS3- jp games
PSV- Gravity Rush and Persona 4 Golden
PS4- Sony WWS and jp games
DS- Square Enix games (DQ, TWEWY and Chrono Trigger) + Atlus
3DS- Atlus and Fire Emblem: Awakening
Soon Wii u- Xenoblade X and SMTXFE (if it release)
 
PS1- Crash Bandicoot
PS2- Kingdom hearts
PS3- MGS4
ps4- i had to have knack for some reason but more infamous and resogun

Xbox- Halo
Xbox360 - Dead rising

N64- Mario 64/Pokemon Snap
GameCube - Windwaker
Wii u- wonderful 101/ Bayonetta

GB- Super mario bros- pokemon yellow
GBC- Pokemon trading card game- Pokemon silver
GBA- Superstar saga
DS- World ends with you, devil survivor
3DS- Zelda

PSP- MGS Acid
VITA- P4, FFX, lumines


what an eclectic mix
 
Since the days where I kept up with game news:

PS2: GTA 3
Gamecube: Mario Kart
360: Assassins Creed E3 demo, then I saw it was also getting GTA4, I was like... yep.
Wii: Mario Galaxy
PS4: Needed a new console, this was the best one, Infamous looked great too.

DS: NSMB
PSP: The technology
3DS: Zelda OOT 3D
Vita: PS+ deals and remote play with PS4
 
NES - Super Mario Bros. Knew I had to have it as soon as I saw it.
Genesis - Altered Beast
SNES - Final Fight sold me. In retrospect I'm ashamed it wasn't Super Mario World
PS1 - Wipeout
Saturn - Virtua Fighter 2
N64 - Mario 64
Dreamcast - Soul Caliber
PS2 - Grand Theft Auto 3
GameCube - Luigi's Mansion
Wii - Wii Sports
Xbox 360 - BioShock
PS3 - Uncharted 2
 
I usually just bite the bullet day 1 regardless, because there's always something down the line. There are a few exceptions, though.

Saturn - Virtua Fighter 2. Well, Virtua Fighter in general, really. Turns out that was what Nintendidn't, after being a faithful NES and SNES man.

PS2 - Virtua Fighter 4. Hardcore Sega fanboy throughout Saturn and Dreamcast lifecycles. I left ridiculous platform wars behind and went multiplatform when Sega's games did. Best thing that ever happened to me as a gamer.

Xbox - Jet Set Radio Future. Bought this at Gamecube launch at midnight, when I was going in for a Gamecube but saw JSRF's cover and caved right there.

Wii U - Sonic Lost World, because Colours was the bees knees. Lost World wasn't.

In retrospect I think I probably bought the PSP for Lumines. I don't think that was the rationale back then, but it ended up basically being my Lumines box. Pretty much the same way the Vita ended up my Lumines: Electronic Symphony box.
 
I've become a really big fan of new hardware, so I'm not sure that I can give a good response for anything recently. I can distinctly remember getting my N64 for Super Mario 64 and my PSX for Final Fantasy 7, though. I got an Xbox for JSRF, Gun Valkyrie, and Panzer Dragoon Orta (Seeeeeegaaaaaaaa). I got a Dreamcast for Sonic Adventure. These I can remember clearly.
 
GameBoy - Pokemon Red
DS - NSMB
Wii - Wii Sports + Mario Galaxy
360 - ES Oblivion + Gears of War
PS3 - Street Fighter IV + LittleBigPlanet

Everything lived up to expectations except for NSMB and LittleBigPlanet, Oblivion was also boring it was my first ES and that series just isn't for me, not sure why I was hyped for it.

I bought a PS4 with inFamous Second Son but that wasn't really a system seller, I just got a PS4 as I got a good deal and knew it would be my next console as a previous PS3 owner. Of course Mario 64, Sonic, Mario Wold would also be system sellers but back then my brother bought the consoles and not me so I wouldn't know.
 
I bought the DS for Animal Crossing Wild World, and besides that I went with a system first and thought about the games from there. Recently, it's been several games that have sold me on consoles, PS4 and Vita being my recent purchases.
 
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