When I was a younger, I use to go at my friend's house all the time just to play Smash Melee, and that made me buy the Gamecube not long afterwards, so that I could also invite friends and play.
I bought the Wii not because my other friends had one, but to be able to play Twilight Princess and Galaxy. Although they did ask me why I didn't have a 360 and simply I simply told them that the games (mostly shooters) just didn't interest me.
I bought the Wii U before any of my friends, they are waiting for the next Zelda and Smash before getting one because they love those franchises.
I guess there isn't much peer pressure in my case, all my friends had a Wii and a 360, but it was for the games/experiences more than the actual ''buy that console to play COD together'', most likely because we play online on PC already...







