NES: i played super mario bros at friends house, i had to buy it after that
Genesis: My big brother bought it for me, i liked it anyways
SNES: i bought it one year after i got Genesis, the main reason was Mario world
Gameboy: well it was the only good handheld in its time
Saturn: i enjoyed genesis so i bought sega's new console, i was not very impressed, thankfully my friend borrowed it from me and sold it for weed money.
N64: my friend who sold my saturn for weed bought it for me by force, i would've bought it either way for mario 64
Playstation: i bought it for the many great games PS1 had, i was ignoring it for years because it was new company in the gaming industry, but it just kept getting games i wanted.
Dreamcast: five words, skies of arcadia and shenmue
GBA: some great handheld games like golden sun and mario and luigi super star saga
Gamecube: Zelda Windwaker, nuff said
Playstation 2: no gamer could go without PS2
DS: the daul screen and the touch screen, and new super mario bros
Wii: the contoller, Super mario galaxy