Started off with atari 2600 and had hundres of games. Used to go out and buy 5-10 every other week or so for like 50cents a pop at the local swap meet. Then I got the NES. Had probably 200 or so titles in the 10 or so years I had it. Then I was in highschool and had the SNES and Genesis. Got rid of the Genesis after a few months as it just didn't have the games I liked, and had about 80 or so games for the SNES in the 4 years I had that.
Then I started college. Games became a rarity as I always had a fulltime job (40hrs a week) and fulltime class load. During this time I borrowed a friends ps1 to play tombraider. Bought a N64 shortly after launch and purchased SM64, Goldeneye, Waverace, Zelda:OOT, Starwars ... I think that was it. Rented a few other games but only had the system for about 2 years as it became apparent I just didn't have the time. Then for the next 4 years or so I only bought a pc game every 6 months or so to play on the very limited spare time I had. A Computer Science degree coupled with a fulltime job gives you like 2 hours per week to play games if I was lucky. Then in my last semester I bought a GameCube for $80 with 2 wavebird remotes, NBA 02 i think, and the Zelda compilation disc. I thought it was a deal I could not pass up. Owned it for less than 2 years, played Zelda:MM, mortal kombat, MP1 (finished with Wii), Mario Sunshine, and a few other rentals.
Now that I have graduated and the only obsticle is work and kids. I play for about 5-10 hours a week, usually at night and will probably buy a used game off of ebay every other month or so. My sig had my current games (Sports, Play, Excite Truck, Zelda:TP, SMB, Gradius, SMWorld, MP2) and as for games that are out and I will buy soon as I get atleast a $10 disc off of ebay are Godfather & Super Paper Mario. Then in immediate future I would like to play RE4, and probably RE:UC. I am sure if I was looking at the list on IGN I would name a few others. Then by the end of the year are the obvious choices, Metroid, Mario, Brawl, and so on.
In addition to my Wii I put out $300 for my bros to buy a 360 and two games, madden 07 and Gears of War. I have played and beat GoW both in single and coop and will take their system every so often when a 'killer' app comes out that I feel I need to play.
I plan on buying a ton of vc games. Since I loved the SNES and NES. My VC breakdown will probably be a 70/30 split between 1st/3rd party games. But, hey no-one can deny that Nintendo has made some of the best games/franchises in the history of games. It has to be hard on 3rd party devs to compete.
I never cared about the sega/sony machines as their focus was not mine. I have never cared for sport games and generally don't like shooters without strong online capabilities. The battlefield franchise is the ish. The other areas Nintendo platforms just did better in the years that I bought a lot of games NES/SNES. In college I missed a lot of great games like FinalFantasies, etc. But now Nintendo seems to be going back to the NES/SNES days and I feel will have those titles I still prefer.
So am I a nintendo fanboy, sure. They just make great, fun games. Do I buy other stuff, definately and always will. Can't wait for Civilization 5 or Spore.
