First console you bought for yourself, and why you chose it

[The_Liquid_Laser]

I bought a SNES the week it launched.  I was in high school and had a job at the time, so I could buy it with my own money.  The most important thing to me though was Nintendo Power told me that the next Zelda game would be on the SNES.  So I bought it the first week even though Link to the Past wasn't released for about another year.  I devoured Super Mario World, and then I was disappointed because I realized that it didn't have many games.  I should have waited a few months until I bought it.  I told myself I would never buy a system at launch again.

I broke that rule with the Switch, and this time Zelda was a launch game.  I have no regrets with the Switch.  I guess the real lesson for me is to just wait until the killer app I want is released.