Right, for the whys: I bought the PS1 because two friends of mine had one and I wanted the games they were playing. I already played PC a great deal, but the PS1 quickly took over; the PC was soon relegated to MMORPGs and Bioware games. The N64 was bought for the Ocarina of Time and Goldeneye; I played little else on it.
When the PS2 came out, it was a sure buy as all the franchises I already knew and loved were already there and most weren't available on PC. I bought it about 2 years into its life, and it served as my DVD player for years. The XBox never tempted me as I already had a PC and most of its games were available there. The Gamecube never enticed me at all, and the Dreamcast similarly never registered on my radar.
Lastly, much like the PS2, the PS3 was a sure buy at some point (I bought it about a year into its life) as it again had all the franchises I knew and loved, most of which weren't available on PC; further, I'd now grown up as a gamer on the controller. Much like the Xbox, the Xbox 360 never really appealed as the majority of the games on it I could play on PS3 or PC, and the idea of a fee to play online made (and still makes) me cringe. The Wii has never registered as an option because it looks crappy on my TV; sure, it may be fun, but we already get tons of fun on our PS3 and PC, and we see no reason to have sub-HD nowadays (I borrowed a Wii for about a week; that was all it took to give it back). Even the PS3 is beginning to show its age when compared to our gaming PC. Perhaps I'll be tempted to have a Wii in the spare room on our 720p set, which the Wii doesn't look so bad on, but I'm not convinced as of yet.
So, that's me in brief. How about you?
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