in a word: infamous.

Wow.

I really don't know how to respond to you as it doesn't seem like you're interested in following a structured conversation. I have no idea what type of point you are trying to make, but I do know that the one point you make definitively:

" I'll add that I bought the Wii for Super Mario Galaxy, after the Wii was around 3-4 months old."

Is just plain wrong.

But I won't shoot you :)

Cause the first versions are the easiest to hack in the long run

Sorry, it's just my bad English... Some of my sentences gets formed badly, probably like this one :/

In that sentence you highlighted, I meant that I got the Wii in March 2007, when the Wii was 3-4 months old. I bought it primarily to play Galaxy later that year.

I realize now that I put in too many unrelated points in a post, but what I meant in many of my points, is just that Wii Sports was a very good killer app to bring in new audiences, since it was so easily understandable to everyone.

Hope that made a little more sense to you..

NOWORRIES MATE!

I use the PS4 as a media player. Ironically most of the functions still aren't available though. But that was the reason why I got it. Plus, I had $400 available now.

SNES & Mega Drive: never bought them, could play on them at a friend's house or lend them for a few weeks

PS1 & N64: bought them both together in 1996 with two friends, so everyone had only to pay a third of each console and we swapped them around. Eventually both consoles ended in my possession when my friends lost interest in them... so it was a good deal ;)

GameBoy Color: finally wanted a handheld for vacations, never had the monochrome model, the colored games were the tipping point

PS2: never bought it, could play on it at a friend's house or lend it for a few weeks

GBA: skipped it, still had enough older GBC titles to play

GBA SP: loved the new clamshell format (better pocketable and protected display when closed) and the frontlighted LCD screen.

GameCube: the GBA SP came with a voucher, that reduced the already low GC-price for another €50. It was bundled with Metroid Prime, the next games were Super Mario Sunshine, Wind Waker and Resident Evil Zero

Xbox: got it very late (2004), but couldn't resist the nice crystal edition... bought it for Fable, Silent Hill 2, Halo 2, Burnout 3, Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath, Jade Empire and some others 

DS: skipped it, was more hyped for the more powerful and versatile (games, movies, music) PSP

PSP: got it 5 months before EU-launch as import from Canada for a great price (€150, so €100 less than if I had waited), fell in love with that handheld ;) Started with Ridge Racer, Tiger Woods and Untold Legends, many other (and better) PSP-games followed

360: my first day1-console, loved that Europe hadn't to wait as usual. Had impressive launch titles (Condemned, PGR3, Kameo, King Kong), which smoked my €1500-PC

Wii: my second day1-console, wanted to play Twilight Princess, Wii Sports and Rayman Raving Rabbids

PS3: I intended to wait, but a few month after EU-launch i got an offer I couldn't refuse: I got it practically for free as part of a mobile phone contract. First games: Resistance, Heavenly Sword, R&C: Tools of Destruction and Uncharted

DS lite: the DSi was already available, but the lite-model was much cheaper and I wanted the GBA compatibility. Fell in love with the Ace Attorney and Layton series and the Cing-games (Hotel Dusk, Last Window)

3DS: skipped the first model, most 3DS-titles in the first year didn't appeal to me anyways

PS Vita: day1-purchase together with Rayman Origins and a discounted Escape Plan. I also had preordered Uncharted: Golden Abyss, but I won that great game together with Little Deviants and Modnation Racers in a contest. WipeOut 2048 was another freebie, so despite the steep hardware price it was well worth it... I absolutely adore that device!

3DS XL: day1-purchase together with Super Mario 3D Land, Professor Layton 5 and New Super Mario Bros. 2... most things I didn't like of the first 3DS-model were fixed: bigger screens, enhanced battery life, more comfortable to hold and the redesigned chassis

Wii U: got it 2 months ago for Super Mario 3D Worlds and DK Tropical, the slashed price was okay. Also got Nintendo Land and Zombi U, next will be Bayonetta 2 or Mario Kart 8, I also have to catch up on Lego City Undercover, Pikmin 3 and Wind Waker HD

PS4: day1-purchase, but sold it through, which financed my Killzone-PS4-bundle with camera and second DS4... these extras are also sold, which lowers my investment to a point, that waiting would have made no sense at all. Killzone: Shadow Fall is the only retail game I've played yet, but I had already great fun with the monthly PS+ titles and remote play... inFamous: Second Son should arrive any day and DriveClub is preordered for €20 (special offer for my day1-purchase)

XBO: I will eventually get it for exclusives, but that can wait one or two years

Back in the day: To play awesome launch titles like Mario World and Mario 64.

Nowadays: To play "awesome" launch titles like Knack and Ryse.

Did you  spot the difference, guys?

For PS4, cross-gen games were enough to blow me away. Metal Gear Solid V in particular.

You usually get a console day 1 because

#4 you have to much money and are to bad of a person to donate something to the poor
#3 you like to look at things instead of using them
#2 you are a "gambler" you like risks and therefore you want to be a guinea pig for unrealiable hardware
#1 you want to feel cool by doing the same thing other people do. Things that are IN right now.

#Bonus you like to call yourself a gamer but just own 1-10 games on your old system you ignore the great library of the old console or its competition on purpose because you love to play mainstream games only.
(Alot of people I know did this "oh cool Fifa on PS4. I have to pay a fee for online and I have to buy a new system for it but it looks 1% better compared to the PS3 version LETS DO IT!")