What was once Xbox One love had clearly evolved into some sort of medical disorder. On November 7 of this year, there will be FIVE Xbones in my home. I need an intervention before I finally snap and build a Minecraft home out of consoles.

Since launch, I've actually purchased a whopping seven consoles. Two were gifts, though. Let's recap:

-March 11th 2014: I already had a PS4 but I was looking for a reason to buy an Xbox One. Titanfall launch day bundle was as good a reason as any...

-November 7, 2015 (gift): a thread on this very site told of an ad on Newegg.com that came with a ton of games, and some headphones for less than retail. I got it as a gift for my ex's son. It was the least I could do since I bad mouthed his original Xbox so badly in 2001 that he traded it for a GBA. 

-May 17, 2016: I was in GameStop picking up my pre-order for Valkyria Chronicles on the PS4. They had XBO consoles on sale for like $250. I couldn't resist! Tossed it in the living room for the family. Much more room for Kinect.

-November 25, 2016: Owning a PSVR prompted me to upgrade my PS4 to a PS4 Pro. Owning a PS4 Pro prompted me to buy a 4K TV. Owning a 4K TV prompted me to get an Xbox One S. I ordered a grey one from Amazon.

-December 2016 (gift): My daughter has always been a gamer. Her mother and I have gone separate ways in 2013. Whenever she's around, we play Xbox together so I thought it'd be a good idea if I got get an Xbox One S so we could play online. I bought her a blue one.

She barely touched it.

It seems she only plays Xbox when she's at my house. Otherwise, she's happy to play on 3DS or something.

October  27, 2017: I figured my daughter would play her XBO more if it was mobile so I bought her a gaming monitor that attaches to the top of her XBO.  She didn't want it. I planned to attach it to my Xbox One S after I get an Xbox One X...but my Xbox One S is grey and the screen is white! After that, everything was a blur and now I have a white XBO attached to it's own flip up screen. Basically a gaming laptop.

November 7, 2017: The Xbox One X launches and I have it pre-ordered.

Whew! That's a lot of Xbox. Currently there's one in my game room (XBO S with 8TB external HDD and Kinect), one in my living room (OG 1TB with 2TB External HDD and Kinect), one in my bedroom (OG 500GB with 2TB HDD), and the one attached to the mobile gaming screen (White XBO S with 2TB external). I'm gonna give one of them away when I get my Xbox One X, though.

So...yeah. I'm crazy.

Yeah man stop buying xbox's

Holy crap, Rol was right, you have a problem.

In the time it took you to tell me to stop buying xbox's, I bought another XBO.

Just kidding.

I thought I was not normal for having 3 3ds (not counting the 3ds I gave my sister as a gift).

In a way, it's pretty sad.

I grew up loving video games in the 80s, not owning my own console until I got an NES in 1988. From that point on, my home was always full of neighborhood kids who wouldn't hang out with me or even speak any other time but I was good at games and my parents were nice so my place was just the video game hangout. I guess I was being used, but I was happy. At the time, there was no game me, my cousin,and my step brother couldn't beat. I was in love with video game tech (though, to this day I haven't felt the urge to become a PC gamer) and little things like watching a cutscene from Ninja Gaiden to staring at the ending of Super Mario Bros. 2 just captured my imagination.

As time went on, most everyone I knew either moved away, quit gaming, or quit coming around. That's just the way life is. It wasn't long before it was just my cousin Jermaine and I, sharing a love and excitement for video games. He struggled a lot, though. It's like one thing would happen to him after another. First losing his father (accident), then his wife and home, his mother to Parkinson's disease, and eventually his job (failed drug test). He'd always come around and we'd be kids again, though. I loved showing him the latest gadget I bought or newest game. We were closer than brothers. He was going to be the best man in my wedding last April.

He passed away in March of last year.

So, aside from my 16 year old daughter (with whom I'm having a blast with, playing Cuphead), it's just me. A 40 year old kid collecting video games to impress his cousin who isn't coming back.

Oh, and don't get me wrong. I'm well adjusted, have friends, people who admire me, and I live a very productive and fulfilling life. It's just that, sometimes I look at my collection--stuff that makes me really happy--and I feel really sad.

Right in the feels......

Whatever keeps you happy. If buying additional consoles that play the same games as the hardware you already have gives you satisfaction: go for it!

Personally I'm already happy if my hardware collection gives me access to all the game libraries... if a new console can play all games of the older device (in the same quality or even better), I don't need to keep the older device.

I sold my Wii when I got the Wii U due to full Wii-BC. I sold my PS4 when I got the PS4 Pro since they share the same game library. I didn't replace my DS with a broken shoulder button and damaged touchscreen, instead I got an 3DS XL with full DS-BC. I thought about replacing my RRoD-360, instead I bought an Xbox One with a growing library of 360-BC.

On the other hand I kept my PSP because the Vita only gave me access to a part of the PSP library. I kept my PS3 because of the lack of BC on PS4.

• with my PS3 Fat + PS4 Pro + PSP + Vita I have access to almost any PlayStation game (PS1, PS2, PS3, PS4, PSP, Vita; except a few incompatible PS2 games)
• with my Xbox Original + Xbox One I have access to almost any Xbox game (Xbox, 360, XBO; except a few 360 games, but the gaps are closing)
• with my GBA + 3DS XL + Switch I have access to almost any Nintendo handheld game (GB, GBC, GBA, DS, 3DS; except a handful New 3DS exclusives)
• with my N64 + GameCube + Wii U + Switch I have access to almost any Nintendo home console game (N64, GC, Wii, Wii U, Switch; most NES + SNES titles I'm interested in are available as VC)
• with my PC I have access to almost any DOS- and Windows game (except a few incompatible games from the late 1990s / early 2000s)
• with my PSVR + Oculus Rift I have access to almost any VR-porn VR-game
• with my iPad Air I have access to any iOS game (didn't upgrade to iOS 11 yet, which is incompatible to 32-bit apps)
• with my phone + cheap Fire-tablet I have access to almost any Android game
• most SEGA games that interest me I have in game compilations on Steam + PSP/Vita

I'm pretty much with you. When I got a Wii, I sold my GameCube. When I got a Wii U, I gave away my Wii. Etc. Currently, my game room where 90% of my gaming takes place has a WiiU, PS3, PS4, X360, XBOS, and Switch. That's mostly all I'll ever need.

To be honest, I'd probably be happy with just one XBO but Microsoft's cloud storage setup is pretty great. I can turn off a game in one room, go into another and pick up exactly where I left off (more or less) since I buy everything digitally. Same goes for web browser, and most apps. A quick two second sync and it's game on!

Sometimes I play online with someone in the same house. Sometimes my wife is asleep and I wake up in the middle of the night so I can play without leaving the bed. Random Peggle wars are common. If you have a casual gaming friend, Peggle and Peggle 2 are like a drug to them! More than anything, we use the apps (Hulu, Netflix, WWE Network, and especially the browser--www.m4ufree.info is a gift from God!) on every TV at any given moment. I'd say one console is mostly used for games and the rest are just convenience and entertainment apps.

I'm gonna give one XBO away or sell it in a week or two, though. Most likely the 500GB original Xbox.

Yeah, convenience is of course a factor... sometimes I have more than one system for a game library, but they are exeptions, not the normal case.

I have two Vitas because I got the second one very cheap and I don't have to hassle with changing memory cards since then (booting down the device, change cards, booting up, reconstruction of the database with the risk of damaging the data). Also double the battery life, one of them is always charged.

I also have a Windows tablet which is great for point & click adventure and especially visual novels. Of course I could play these on my desktop PC, but the tablet adds mobility and I can play them anywhere.