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Sometimes I regret buying the Vita then I remember Persona 4: Golden and Gravity Rush then go "welll..."



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yes, the psx



I regretted buying a dreamcast last year, shenmue 1 wasnt worth it to be honest. Most of this consoles games exist on other consoles.



Yeah. It happened twice on me. The original GBA. Like 4 months later, the SP came out. I bought it that late in. I got so mad. I made sure to wait for at least the second release of a Nintendo handheld from that point on. I never used the damn thing. Except to trade Pokemon. Next, the Gamecube. I didn't hate it. But I picked it over the PS2. I could only have one or the other. By choosing the GC, I didn't own a PS2, the entire time it was the current console. And you know how many game series I couldn't play.



Mine would be the Vita!

When the Vita got announced, I was freakishly hyped because I loved my PsP which I choose over the DS and the ipod (I owned both the DS and ipod later but that was much later) and my nostalgia memories of the PsP went though my mind like an orgasm! But then, as it got closer to launch, some of my caution signs lit up such as no way to play any of my PsP games or that getting a discount for owning the UMD program was not going to come to NA. But I was like whatever and of course, the memory card prices were dumb as all hell since 32gb memory card costed $100 where a microsd 32gb costed $20 during sale! And also, the fact that there would be zero memory card included with the Vita just to even save the games!

But still, I was like whatever! Vita has its faults just like every other console/handheld and all I care about was the gamez! So I spent over $320 getting the Vita + Gravity Rush + Starter Kit which included a 4gb memory card and I enjoyed the launch games. But then, as time went on, I began to realize more and more that it was lacking exclusives. My 3ds had plenty of exclusives that could not be played anywhere else. Not on the wii, not on the DS, not on my PC, no where but the Vita? Well, it had tons of games that I already bought for my ps3... And while cross-buy was nice, it didn't give me any reason to play the Vita since the system was so expensive, I was afraid to take it outside and lose it but keeping it home didn't do it any favors cause my ps3 is at home and its connected to my lovely 1080p monitor!

And of course, after that, as less and less games and exclusives came out for the Vita and more and more games came out for the 3ds, the Vita started collecting dust! And a ton of it! I never had this before! I never had a system that collected this much dust because it was doing nothing in its generation

So eventually, I realized that this relationship was going to be over. I stopped using the vita completely and the games made me lose any interest in it cause the ps3 had them with significantly better graphics and performance. And I didn't like the UI one bit coming from the PsP because the stupid bubbles blocked my wallpaper. I loved PsP's transparent design cause I could see my wallpaper and it was one of the things I hated about both the DS and ipod that you couldn't have your own wallpaper. And also, I hated the fact that memory cards costed so much because I always had to download and delete and download and delete. It was pure nonsense. Sony wanted to push Digital Sales yet they made the memory cards this expensive? Okay there. And transfering stuff such as pictures, music and other things took foreverrrrrrrr for some reason. And I believe you had to use this program to do it too which wasn't a good thing either

So I sold it for a bit over $150 and I sold the games for $20sh each. I do once again own a Vita now though but thats cause my friend didn't want it so he sold me his for $50 (And I also lost a bet). I am also using my friend's library so at least its slightly better than before where I had to pay for everything



                  

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PSVita and Gameboy Advance. I'm just not a handheld guy. All the games (other than Pokemon) are just lesser versions of their console counterparts. I learned that same lesson 10 years apart with these 2 systems. Tried em both and invested in a lot of software. Couldn't stick with either and sold them back.




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No. When I buy any console or game I know what I will get. Even if it's just experimental like buying a Vita or Soul Calibur 4.
Even if in the end I don't like it, it was always worth the experience. For example that I really can't get into Bmups or that there are handhelds that aren't designed for my hands.

Looking forward to my next experiment. And if it doesn't work out I'm richer for the experience.



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I bought a Vita, and sold it about 6 months later. Luckily, I bought it used, so I managed to get almost all my money back (bought for €120, sold for €100). I liked a few games, Uncharted was great, so was Tearaway, and I simply loved Danganronpa. But that was just not enough to justify hanging on to it.
The worst part, when I bought it, I paid for a year of PS+ to get "free" games, and then I had 6 months left over (and those games, and especially PS4 games were not worth the cost).

Second regret is Kinect. Also bought it used, my wife and I played about 30 minutes of Dance Central, I used Your Shape for a week, and the other games were so crappy it ended in the box quickly. I was happy as a little kid when I found some naive guy who gave me €50 for it (and realized the guy who sold it to me also thought I was stupid and naive to give him €80).



This thread's going to end well.

Honestly, not a specific console in general. Remodels? Yeah, I wish I waited for the 3DS XL instead of the original, but there's no console I regret entirely. Even my Xbox 360 which I sold still provided some fun while I had it and my best friend LOVES it, so I wouldn't regret being that bridge to him getting a console my friend loves.



The Xbox 360... Or the RROD Box... Should have just bought a PS3 instead from the get go. It worked fine for a year and I was enjoying it, but it RRODed on me one summer and I sent it to Microsoft for repairs. After waiting a month to get it back it only lasted a week before it RRODed on me again... During that time I sent it back for a 2nd time I already bought all the games I had for it on my PS3 because I was growing Impatient. I tried it again and it worked a good 3 months before it RRODed on me a Third time... Now its somewhere in my closet attracting dust...