MaxwellGT2000 said:
NYANKS said:
MaxwellGT2000 said:
Core gamers like new models of home console as well, in fact if it isn't system failure then remodels are probably the next biggest reason for a gamer to buy the same console again.
I mean you remember all the people that came on the forums to post how they bought the PS3 slim and the 360 slim, theres a number of people that did that with PS2 slim as well or the PSP slim.
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True, but I kind of feel that a lot of us aren't the average buyer of gaming goods. My house has 3 Ds's, a 360, two Ps3's, a Wii and 4 PSP's. Not normal rofl. I'm not disagreeing that some of us definitely rebuy consoles, I'm just saying the effect is much greater with handhelds. For me, it's 7 handhelds over two units to 4 home consoles, over 3 (6 if you count the two PS2's I've had).
And "casual" folks would usually not buy repeated consoles save to replace a console, and they may even go used. :X
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My friends household has had 6 360s, 3 PS3s, 3 DSs, a Wii, and a PSP. Most of those rebuys for PS3 and 360 are for system failures or so he and his dad own their own console, DS because there was that limited edition Zelda model and the DSi XL. He also had multiple PS2s at least 2 of the phats died on him which he has a slim now but I don't know how many total.
Personally I've owned 1 of each since unlike him I wait for hardware revisions instead of launch save Wii/DS so I haven't needed to rebuy a console, I've owned 3 DS consoles because one burned up in a house fire, bought a replacement, then just upgraded to lite. I've owned 2 PSPs because I wanted one of the older models. So I guess I'm more typical lol
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Lol, I'm not hating on the 360, but if ANYTHING failed on me that many times, it would be so done. Imagine if a car did that to you... That's too extreme for me haha, and also insane dedication on his part. So you own more handhelds if I followed correctly, yeah? And a house fire! Damn sorry about that man. :(
