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Which system(s) get most of your money?

Linkachu

Hero of Pizza
Staff member
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A lot of us own multiple consoles and handhelds, but we don't necessarily own the same amount of games for each or buy as actively for 'em. So, on average, which system(s) do you find yourself buying for the most? (Not counting the dead platforms obviously)


I would have to say that, for the moment, DS is probably the system that gets most of my focus. A part of it is the cheaper prices - I feel less guilty buying a DS game full price than I do a Wii or PS2 game - but it's also because it simply houses more of the games that I want. This past fall, DS totally raped my bank account while I picked up only a few 'must have' titles for my consoles. Plus, it's handheld, and being someone who travels a lot, I enjoy having an extensive handheld collection (been no different since GB days).

What about the rest of you? And before anyone asks, PC counts.
 
Game Boy
1 game (once every 7 years, 3 months)
=app. 0.08 cents/day

Nintendo 64
1 game (once every 8 years, 8 months)
=app. 0.5 cents/day

TurboGrafx-16
1 game (once every 14 years, 1 month)
=app. 0.1 cents/day

PlayStation Portable
2 games (once every 6 months)
=app. 28 cents/day

PlayStation
3 games (once every 13 months)
=app. 5 cents/day

Game Boy Color
4 games (once every 5 months)
=app. 3 cents/day

Wii
4 games (once every 15 days)
=app. $3.33/day

PlayStation 2
11 games (once every 6 months)
=app. 28 cents/day

GameCube
32 games (once every 2 months)
=app. 83 cents/day

Nintendo DS
38 games (once every month)
=app. $1.09/day

Game Boy Advance
40 games (once every 50 days)
=app. 79 cents/day
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All games
137 games (once every 38 days)
=app. 94 cents/day

Am I organized or what? You can see that I've owned more games for Game Boy Advance than for any other system, but Wii games take the most of my money. It's mostly just the launch excitement, and I expect Wii to drop below DS rapidly, and for DS to get higher as it overtakes GBA.
 
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