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1) Brand loyalty 2) All your friends had it 3) Blu-Ray 4)Technical assets ..,eg Graphics cards and processor 5)You liked its games line-up best 6)You preferred its controller/Gamepad 7)Because of its cost 8)You Bought it for 1 game...eg Buying a PS3 for MGS4 9)Propaganda... like the PS3/XBOX songs on Youtube 10)Because of TV commercials 11)You didn't choose ....u were given it



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Sorry about How difficult it is 2 read, i typed it on my PS3 with Dualshock 3, and the line Break button didn't work.



My Xbox 360:

8) You Bought it for 1 game... Gears of War in 2006.
6) You preferred its controller / Gamepad
4) Technical assets
2) All your friends had it

My PS3:

3) Blu-Ray
4) Technical assets



     

My Gaming Setup

loyalty to sony and just because i like the system



got my 360 because at the time the price and games were much more appealing than the ps3, I don't have loyalty console-wise....its all about the games...



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i was bored one summer so i thought i would get a wii (i used to be an avid gamer and was on a sort of hiatus) i liked it but it was not for me so i weighed up the differences between the 360 and ps3 and at the time bioshock was just released with halo 3 around the corner and i was a fan of the old xbox so i opted for the Elite.

No rrod, my friends have live, i like the games and i now love achievments.

the Wii is a great video games console, i would probably consider it the embodiement of the spirit of video games...but i'm 20 years old now and i need to go rev my chainsaw bayonet.




Sony loyalty, sony franchises and other games they had announced, blu-ray, it looks so good, free online

Mass Effect, GeoW, AC 6, LO, price, achievements



What made me buy my consoles?!... Simple; I didn't pay for them!



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Wii, cause of the new control style and Brawl
XBOX 360, cause I wanted to play Smackdown Vs Raw 2007(pleae dont laugh) and I got it (20 gig) new $350 with 3 games (Saints Row 2, Dead Rising and some racing game) while the system was in its first year.
XBOX 360 #2, Got that bad ass $300 deal for a 360 Elite and 2 games from dell.
PS3, got a used 60 gig for $200, cause the user thought the system was broken.



Getting an XBOX One for me is like being in a bad relationship but staying together because we have kids. XBone we have 20000+ achievement points, 2+ years of XBL Gold and 20000+ MS points. I think its best we stay together if only for the MS points.

Nintendo Treehouse is what happens when a publisher is confident and proud of its games and doesn't need to show CGI lies for five minutes.

-Jim Sterling