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[TheInfamousKira]

Damn you didn't even buy it for a game, you bought it on the promise of a game.

That's even worse.

Guilty as charged, hahaha. PS3 ended up being one of my favorite console generations though, so it all worked out in the end, I suppose!

 

[Soosa]

Yes.

I wanted to play Flight simulator, so when series x were easily available on last december on stores, I just walked in and bought one to play it.

I bought gamepass ultimate for ~90€ for 3 years total, so I have played other games too, but originally I wanted xbox only for flight simulator. It is also the first xbox I got as new.

 

[Kagey K]

Guilty as charged, hahaha. PS3 ended up being one of my favorite console generations though, so it all worked out in the end, I suppose!

That really was the best gen. I was dissapointed with my PS3 but if I wasn't getting all my 3rd party games on 360, I might have been more than happy with it.

I think most ppl looking back regardless of console preference think that was a great generation for all sizes and scopes of games.

 

[HAYA8U5A]

If I ever thought I would only play one game ever on a console no but I have bought consoles for only one game released at the time I bought it so in that sense yes. As of now I only bought the Series X for Forza Horizon 5 but looking forward to some future exclusives.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Aren't Yes and Depends on Game the same thing? If the answer is depends on game, then there is potentially a game that would get you to buy a system for, so the answer is Yes.

 

[DelireMan7]

I bought a PS3 for MGS4 and a PS4 for Bloodborne.

You will anyway find other games for the system afterward.$

EDIT : and I will probably buy a Xbox at one point for Lost Odyssey

 

[anothertech]

It is thee reason people buy consoles

 

[Lucifers Beard]

you can play it on your PS4.

Should have said that I got rid of my ps4 a few years back.

 

[Kagey K]

For the record I think the days of buying a console for one game are long over.

A person can go buy an Xbox or PlayStation and have access to 100s of games by subscribing to Playpass or Gamepass.

The question should really be would you buy a secondary console for 1 game? Since the content overlaps so much.

 

[TLZ]

Of course. Why do you think they did a lot of pack in games before? And do bundles now?

 

[Mung]

Yes and I have a few times as have many I know. Not to say you definitely won't play other games later.

 

[TheTony316]

Not worth it, imo.

I bought a Switch for Xenoblade 2 and ended up not liking the game, lol.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Well, I did it for Mario 3D World on Wii U: one of the best Mario ever with Mario Galaxy.
It was really worth it, I enjoyed so much this like never, it was so fresh.

 

[Garibaldi]

Bought a PS5 for Returnal after watching a playthrough of the first biome, then about a week later it's PC release leaked. I'd have bought one eventually but it accelerated my plan.

I also arguably picked up the Switch OLED for BotW but I've bought a load for it since so...

 

[Naru]

I wouldn't buy it just to play that one game and I don't think the questions was meant that way? So yes one game could trigger me to buy a console with the intention to play other stuff on it as well.
I actually was in a similar situation as OP and opted to go the console route for now and so far I am very happy with it. The kicker was the Demon Souls Remake and being able to play all the other PS4/5 games I missed the previous generation with PS+.

 

[AncientOrigin]

Yes!And if you are curious for what kind of games for exampleragons Dogma 2
For huge RPG with lots of content for games like Path of Exile orDemons Souls
Or strategy games like Dune with lots of content

 

[bender]

I bought the Xbox for Munch's Oddysee.

 

[GymWolf]

Sure, but you always end up buying other games for the same console so it's not REALLY for one game.

I bought switch mostly for botw and a future metroid prime 4 but i ended up buying another 2 games for it.

 

[TintoConCasera]

Play Strange Journey and thank me later bro

Yeah sure! I tried it and looked amazing, but left it on the backlog since I was starting to get a bit burned on SMT after playing P5, SMT IV and SMT IV:A one after the other.

I'll get back to it eventually, of course.

 

[FeldMonster]

Yes, definitely.

I bought a Dreamcast for Soul Calibur, an Xbox 360 for Halo 2 (backwards compatible), and an Xbox One for Halo MCC. Of course, other games came along that made owning those consoles even more rewarding.

I have been considering getting a PS5 to play Killzone ShadowFall.

 

[BusierDonkey]

Every Playstation console I own was purchased so I could play Gran Turismo. I stopped at GT5 and GT6 because I ended up barely playing them compared to GT1-4.

 

[Esca]

Why not, did it before

 

[MasterCornholio]

I usually buy a console with just one game but then I end up buying others. But to only buy one just to play one title I've never done that.

 

[chromatic9]

I would and have for Gran Turismo. If they can improve GT7 a bunch I probably will again at some point as it doesn't look like it'll come to PC.

 

[Hohenheim]

Many of my consoles have been brought because of one game. The latest example being PS5 because of that Demons Souls remake. Of course there's almost always other exclusive games I get for the platform at some point, but the list of games that makes a PS5 essential for me is very short and keeps getting shorter.

Got the Wii U for the Wind waker remake, that was all.

OG Xbox for Halo.

 

[CherryFalls]

only a kojima game could get me to buy a console i dont have

 

[Plies]

I bought a Switch for the Live A Live remake.

 

[fart town usa]

Of course, how else was I going to play Devil's Third?