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What motivates you to buy a new console?
Bundles/Game Pack-ins	42	4.04%
New Colors	21	2.02%
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Farsala on 08 April 2018

Ka-pi96 said:

Farsala said:
Exclusives and price. Before PS3 I got most of my consoles as random gifts, didn't even ask for them.

Since then:

PS3: Final Fantasy Versus XIII primarily
360: Was $50 with 10 games and a controller

PS4: Exclusives

Ouch.

Did you have fun with the games that did actually release on the console though?

Yes but it wasn't one of my top generations. World of Warcraft made up for its flaws.

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Rogerioandrade on 08 April 2018

What motivates me to buy a new console: the games, essentially.
What prevents me to buy a new console: money

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Zkuq on 08 April 2018

It's all about the games.

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EricHiggin on 08 April 2018

Once the hardware and library is proven to be sound and have longevity. Which can also tie in nicely with price cuts and/or bundles sometimes.

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Cloudman on 08 April 2018

Games for the most part. If it has a game, or list of games I really want to play, I buy the console. That's all it comes down to really.

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Azzanation on 09 April 2018

Foundation and Games.

Price was a main factor when i was younger. Now Price doesnt matter anymore hence my PC build. Ill pay more for more.

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Shiken on 09 April 2018

For the Switch, it was Zelda BotW. I had a WiiU but wanted the definitive version. Ever since the N64 days, Zelda was the only Nintendo franchise I touched. Due to portability, Nintendo won me over and I found myself feeling like I was missing out being being pretty much an exclusive PS and PC gamer since the PS2 as I delve back into the exclusive games that Nintendo has to offer.

So in the past, I would have told you games, games, games. But after the Switch's portability offering me more ways to play and more playtime in general, I would say that while it is still mainly games, a console's unique features have a lot to do with it as well.

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JEMC on 09 April 2018

Games, of course. Why would we buy a new console/upgrade our PC if it weren't to play the new games?

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The Fury on 09 April 2018

SNES and PS1, my parents got them for me.

PS2, on release, present.

GC, PS3 and PS4, all because of a game. Same for PS5, and as they are taking their sweet time over it, it'll probably be the next Dragon Age game as that certainly isn't coming out this gen. EA are messed up.

Hmm, pie.