Poll: Should You keep your old consoles when the new generation comes?

[Signa]

Given how I just finished playing my SNES, no. I own for life.

Hah yeah. I've been playing SNES during lunchbreaks recently. I forget the game but I played something new recently and it ruined my day so bad I had to go back and play Super Mario World and DKC just to calm my gaming nerves.

Tell me about it. I'm playing the Mega Man X series now. It's such a breath of fresh air.

And I can't finish this post without bragging how I'm doing on a real SNES with real games. I've been spending a small fortune on old classics people have forgot or just prefer to emulate.

 

[theultimateend]

Given how I just finished playing my SNES, no. I own for life.

Hah yeah. I've been playing SNES during lunchbreaks recently. I forget the game but I played something new recently and it ruined my day so bad I had to go back and play Super Mario World and DKC just to calm my gaming nerves.

Tell me about it. I'm playing the Mega Man X series now. It's such a breath of fresh air.

And I can't finish this post without bragging how I'm doing on a real SNES with real games. I've been spending a small fortune on old classics people have forgot or just prefer to emulate.

My hobby is collecting old consoles and games but I'll admit that I love being able to have every NES game ever (or SNES) on a handheld device.

It's a shame that the laws are so convoluted and difficult. I'd be more than happy to pay for that kinda mobile awesomeness.

 

[Lightknight]

I'm not unhappy with my closet full of antique gaming systems. I mean, I don't play them anymore with the exception of an occasional SNES, N64 or PS2 title. But I've never felt like the retail stores gave me a good enough deal to make it worth my time. So I just kept them.

 

[SaberXIII]

I'm still rocking with the PS2 and Gamecube crowd!

 

[Blank Verse]

I voted no, although it is likely a different reason than the ones given here.

I quit console gaming a few years ago when my Xbox 360 failed to satisfy me. Instead, I built a gaming rig.

Just finished a new one. I'm much happier with it than I've been with any console.

 

[elvor0]

Never! In fact I have a spare PS2 as well, purely because they're still available and they've stopped making them. The PS3 has no backwards compatability and I still play my old ps1/2 games from time to time, so there's no other way to play them. Well until I have a PC capable of emulating PS2 games at any rate, but you'd be surprised at how much of a resource hog that is.

 

[PeterMerkin69]

I'll be keeping my PS3 because Dark Souls 2 isn't going to be on the PS4 for a long fucking time, if ever. That's almost a deal breaker for me on the console side because I'm guaranteed to enjoy DS2 more than any launch titles for as long as it takes until Dark Souls 3 comes out. Damn it.

I'll probably keep my haggard 360 around because I have a lot of games that I like for it and I may get the bug to go back and play Dead Space or RDR again at some point. Not to mention I won't be buying Microsoft's next console after the sorry fucking state the last one was in, so there'll be nothing with which to replace it anyways.

I gave my Gamecube to my father and, when he died, I didn't bother to get it from his girlfriend. I regret that, although the Wii is pretty much backwards compatible with its software, isn't it? I still haven't played Eternal Darkness or that fugly cell-shaded Zelda game.

His other girlfriend's kids kept his DS. I probably should have fought for that because the last time I had a Nintendo handheld console was during the Gameboy Color era. Damn it two times.

 

[Yuuki]

Considering the sheer volume of "duh, of course" replies I think a more approapriate question would be whether a new console generation should have backwards compatibility or not, after all that is the overarching topic here...but it's already been done to death in another thread or two (I think)

 

[Evil Smurf]

If I own it it and it still works why throw it out?

 

[chadachada123]

Yes, absolutely.

I still plug in and play my N64 and NES on occasion, and very much regret selling my SNES long ago. It's even more true for handheld games like Pokemon.

I am equally confused by people that sell current-gen games to Gamestop, getting maybe $5 for a game that Gamestop turns around and sells for $50. At the very least, you should sell used games online and get a decent price both for you AND them.

 

[DuelLadyS]

I've got an Atari 2600 hooked up right now- old games are kinda my thing.

I'll likely get rid of the Wii if/when I get a Wii U, since it's backwards compatible and my mom said she'd like it for Wii bowling... the PS3 and Xbox 360 stay.

 

[piinyouri]

Never sell, never surrender.

I still have my PS1 and N64 knocking around somewhere.