I always buy Sony and Nintendo systems because they both have exclusives that I love. Even if they don't have many games I want at launch, I know it'll be worth it down the road. Only the Vita has disappointed in that regard.

All: I want to play fun games.

Sega Master System: My bro loved Sega over Nintendo at the time.

SNES: Because my bro finally gave in to Nintendo.

Game Boy Pocket: Because all my friends had one.

Nintendo 64: Because at the time Nintendo Power Magazine was hyping it up as the next big thing and even sent a VHS tape of the games available to NP Subsribers. I was sold for a 10 year old boy. Never regretted getting it over a PSX

Gameboy Color: Because it's all you favorite Gameboy Games... IN COLOR!

Dreamcast: Because it had ALL THE FIGHTING games I love to play and lots of Capcom exclusives at the time. Plus Phantasy Star Online (The Mother of MMOs)

Nintendo Gamecube: Because I love everything Nintendo (even though I HATED the design and still do to this day). Don't also regret getting it over a PS2.

Gameboy Advance: A more advanced version of the Gameboy.

PSP: As much as I hated Sony, I didn't like the DS design at all (looked like those cheap chinese 10000 in 1 handheld game systems). Plus the games on it really looked great. And all my favorite Capcom games were on it.

Nintendo Wii: Not only do I buy everything Nintendo, the motion controls REALLY got to me. Was REALLY convinced this was the next big thing in gaming (boy did it loss steam fast).

Xbox 360: Because friend sold it at a great price and heard about how good CoD:MW was. Also because I couldn't stand anything Sony at the time. Enjoyed it after for a year then it RRODed on me. Sent it to Microsoft, fixed it(took a month to get it back) and RRoDed on me again a week later, sent it again and waited a month until...

...PS3: Bought it ONLY to be a Blu-Ray player (I was debating between a PS3 and a Blu-ray player, friends told me to go with the PS3 and I'm glad I listened to them). But when my X360 kept RRODing I got tired of senting it to Microsoft and just bought all my 36O games on the PS3 and problem solved (was like a Godsend to me!). 5 1/2 years later it still works!

Nintendo 3DS: Bought it because I was wrong about the OG DS and it was backwards compatible. So wanted to play the remake of Pokémon Gold/Silver and the Zelda's I missed on. 2nd reason because of Fire Emblem games!

Nintendo Wii U: Although no games were available that were must have's at the time, I got it because of the Zelda Wind Waker design.

So yeah.

Same here. The 360 was a fantastic machine, but booting up WWHD for the first time was a real breath of fresh air.

Xbox One - MCC

Wii U - It was cheap. Really enjoying it now though.

I agree I loved the 360 for what it was but after I while I thought i have seen it all. Wanted something diffrent and since i skipped the Wii the wii u is even better for me since I can play all those games I missed.

PS4: Uncharted will be my excuse.

I had a Wii. You didn't miss much. Most of the good games on Wii are coming to the Wii U as half price downloads. The only others I'd recommend are Galaxy 1 and I really enjoyed Goldeneye game too. I've heard Xenoblade Chronicles is amazing if you're into JRPGs but good luck finding it.

Yea I got Goldeneye and both mario galaxy's when i got my Wii U i loved that Goldeneye Remake it was so good. Not as good as the original but was a fresh take on it I loved the throw backs they did too.

I don't have any set criteria, but usually I need to have about 8-10 games that I want to play before I'll consider getting something. The Wii U is the only system I've bought that had fewer than that available at the time that I bought it. When I bought it, I really wanted Nintendo Land, LEGO City Undercover, Rayman Legends (not out yet), and W101 (also not out yet). I was also really interested in ZombiU, Trine 2, Nano Assault Neo, Darksiders 2, Sonic Racing Transformed, and a handfull of other titles that wouldn't have been enough to get me to buy the system on their own, but cumulatively made it feel worth it. Also, while there weren't necessarily any particular games I was interested in, there was a noticeable uptick in indie support, so I felt pretty confident that I'd be able to find stuff I liked pretty soon (which I have). And I knew MK, Smash, 3D Mario, and Zelda would come eventually, and Nintendo has built up enough good will with me that I'm confident they'll deliver the type of games I want (and they have).