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

[Farsala]

Hard to tell if this counts, I bought the PS3 with my brother. We were supposed to split it halfway, and of course this is the phat 60 GB BC version that was quite expensive. My brother never paid me back so I claimed full ownership.

I chose it because in the end it was cheaper than the XBOX 360 since PS online was free. FF Versus XIII was also announced for only PS3. I did eventually get 2 360s later, but it was hard to play on it without paying for full membership on XBL. All of my 7th gen consoles and PCs broke.