Board 8 > How/when/what condition have you gotten each of your systems?

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SNES: New a long time ago
PS1: New a long time ago
PS2: New 2001
N64: Used 2004
DC: Used 2004
PSP: Used 2007
Wii: New 2006
PS3: Used 2011

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For me:

Bought new:
GBA (June 2002)
Wii (Feb 2008)
3DS (Sep 2011)
PSP (March 2012)

Bought used:
Play Station (Sep 2004)
PS2 (June 2010)

Christmas Gifts:
N64 (1998)
GBC (1999)
Game Cube (2002)
DS lite (2008)

Hand-me-down:
Atari 5200

Technically my brother's but I live with him for a good part of the year so I have regular access to it then:
360 (Dec 2008)

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NES: New
SNES: New
N64: New
PSX: Used, died on the inside of a month maybe?
GCN (first): New, stolen
GCN (second): New
PS2 (first): New, was falling apart on the inside of a year
PS2 (second): Used, was falling apart on the inside of a few months
PS2 (third): Used, was already falling apart, but at least I didn't pay for it
PS2 (fourth): New, messed up the screw trick and couldn't make it work again, didn't actually pay for this one either
PS2 (fifth): New (slim)
Wii: New

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uhhh from how I can remember...

no idea on NES
no idea on SNES
N64 - my brother's 11th birthday (1997)
GCN - ... my brother's birthday again, but I don't remember which
Wii - I bought on launch (waiting in line~)
360 - brother bought it new in fall 2008
PS2 - used, a b8er's used PS2 to be precise (zea). uhhh like christmas 2008 I think?
PS3 - used on ebay (for backwards compatibility), 2009 (broke in 2011)
PS3 #2 - used again, ebay again, except this time it was nonfuctional so I got a refund, 2011
PS3 #3 - brand new since the last time I tried to buy used it was a disaster. Christmas present 2011

no idea on GB
GBC was a birthday present from my aunt
no idea on GBA
no idea on GBA SP
DS was a christmas present from my dad.... that year they had the red Mario Kart DS bundle
DSi.... oddly I forget its purchase... I know it's new though since I have the box in my closet. Got it the year it came out.
3DS was preordered on my birthday so I picked it up new on launch day

hoping to get both Vita and Wii U for 2012~

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Sega Genesis: Crack addict uncle gave me this in 1991.

Sony PlayStation: Bought this with money from mowing lawns in September 1997.

Nintendo GameBoy Pocket: A friend gave me this in 1998.

Nintendo GameBoy Color: Traded my Pocket for this to some schmuck a month later.

Sony PlayStation 2: Bought this with money from bagging groceries in early 2001.

Nintendo GameBoy Advance SP: Bought this with money from bagging groceries in 2003.

Nintendo, SNES, N64, GameCube: Got all these from my ex in 2005.

Nintendo DS lite: Bought this with money from stocking groceries in 2006.

Sony PSP-1000: A friend gave me this upon my return from traveling in August 2009.

Sony PlayStation 3: Bought this with money from conducting Nielsen analyses in January 2010.

Nintendo Wii: Bought this with money from conducting Nielsen analyses in March 2010.

Xbox 360: Bought this with some savings in February 2011.

Gaming PC: Bought this when I came into some money two months ago.

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oh right I forgot, I actually purchased 2 GCNs. First one was stolen when my brother was home alone and threw a party that got out of control

2nd gamecube I bought. I even remember going to the store and getting it~

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All new.

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Gift:
Game Boy Pocket, 1997
Game Boy Color, 1999
Game Boy Advance, 2001
Game Boy Advance SP, 2003
Nintendo GameCube, 2003
Nintendo DS, 2004
Nintendo Wii, 2006
Xbox 360, 2008

Bought myself, new:
Nintendo DS Lite (2), 2006 and 2008
PlayStation Portable, 2010
PlayStation 2, 2011
Nintendo 3DS, 2011
PlayStation 3, 2011

I think that's it. All of my systems were bought new. (None at launch date, though.)

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Red Shifter posted...
PS2 (first): New, was falling apart on the inside of a year
PS2 (second): Used, was falling apart on the inside of a few months
PS2 (third): Used, was already falling apart, but at least I didn't pay for it
PS2 (fourth): New, messed up the screw trick and couldn't make it work again, didn't actually pay for this one either
PS2 (fifth): New (slim)

Son of a...

At first I was like "This is karma for stealing a Game Cube," then I realized you meant yours was stolen and not you stole one lol.

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Only my Atari, NES and SNES were bought used. Everything else was brand new

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Birthday/Christmas gifts:
GBC (1999)
N64 (1999)
GBA (2001)
GC (2002)
DS (2004)
Wii (2007) (Stolen, August 2010)
DS Lite (2009)

Bought new:
DS (June 2005)
3DS (April 1, 2011)

Bought used:
Wii (February 2011)

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N64 (1998, new, from parents)
GBA (2001, new)
CGN (2002, new)
NDS (2005, new)
Wii (2006, new)
X360 (2007, new)
PS2 (2007, new)
PSP (2008, used)
3DS (2011, new)

All still work perfectly, although my 360 and Wii have both been in for repairs. Goes to show which way console durability is going.

All new, don't remember when.

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NES ( Parents had before I was born )

NES Top Loader: ( used probably around 94)

GBC ( New, '99 Gift)

N64: ( New 2000 )

GCN ( New 2002 Gift)

GBA ( Had one new in 2002, it got destroyed, bought another one new in '03)

DS ( New '04 Gift)

DS Lite ( New '08)

Wii ( New '08 Gift )

PS2 ( New '08)

360 ( Used '10)

3DS ( New '11)

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Aside from my GameCube (which I got for my birthday), all my other systems (360, Wii, DS, GBA, etc) have all been Christmas gifts. All new.

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PS1 - dead on arrival, Sony refused to honor the warranty, so I replaced it with a Virtual Boy on clearance and never bought another Sony system again.
Virtual Boy
SNES
Game Boy Color
N64
GameCube
GBA SP
DS
Wii

All new or "like new."

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NES - Sometime in the 90s. Second NES
SEGA Master System - Christmas '89
SNES - 97? Replaced a model that my cousin threw out the window
N64 - 98, I think
Genesis - '93
Dreamcast - 2000
DSLite (Black) - Launch
DSLite (Baby Blue) 2008. Gift from girlfriend
DSiXL - 2010
Wii - Launch
PS2 - Launch
PSP 2000 - 2009
PS3 60 GB - Launch (dead)
PS3 Slim - 2010
3DS - February

Those are just the ones I've kept

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I pretty much buy all my consoles "new". The only exceptions are my famicom and super famicom

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NES, SNES, GB, GBC, N64, GBA, PSX, PS2, NDS, PSP, XBOX 360. Mint condition all of them.

Not so much now.

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PS1 - dead on arrival, Sony refused to honor the warranty, so I replaced it with a Virtual Boy [JZ's note: O_O] on clearance and never bought another Sony system again.

You know I love ya like a bro, yo, but...

Boy, you sure showed them! >_>

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Gameboy, new, '93
N64, new, at release
PS2, new, about 2 years after release
360, new, about 2 years after release
360, used, about 2 years after that

C64, '84
IBM AT, '89?, upgraded over the years, may as well have been a new computer by '94
New PC, '99
New PC, '06
New PC, '10
Might have missed a generation in there somewhere.

DS - Bought new in 2007

X360 - Bought new in the Summer of 2010 for $400. Slim model with built-in wireless Internet. Love it. Best $400 i've ever spent.

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GBC (~1999) - New
GBASP (~2006) - New
DS Lite (2011) - New

N64 (~2000) - Gift/New
GCN (~2005) - New
Xbox (~2007) - New
PS2 (2010) - Used for $30 =o
PS3 (2012) - New

You know I love ya like a bro, yo, but...

Boy, you sure showed them! >_>

Yeah, well, I actually enjoyed the Virtual Boy a lot more! It worked, which is a lot more than I can say about my PS1! It was a lot cheaper, too!

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Systems I still have:

N64 - New in 2000
GBC - New in 2000
GBA - Used in 2010
PS3 - New in 2006
360 - New in 2008
Wii - Used in 2008
Wii (2) - Used in 2011
DS - Used in 2009
3DS - New in 2011
Gamecube (3) - Used in 2012


Systems I've sold/broken/etc.:

Gamecube - New in 2002 (Broken in 2003)
Gamecube (2) - New in 2003 (Sold in 2006)
PS2 - Used in 2004 (Sold in 2006)

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I don't remember when for everything but...

New:
Genesis
GB
GBC
N64
GBA
GBASP
GC
PS2
Wii
DS
360
3DS

Used, but while new games were still being made:
SNES
Dreamcast
PS1
Xbox
PSP

Used, but after they were "relevant":
NES
Saturn
Game Gear

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Zachnorn posted...
PS1 - dead on arrival, Sony refused to honor the warranty, so I replaced it with a Virtual Boy on clearance and never bought another Sony system again.


Nice.

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let's see

GBC - 6 months or so after Pokemon R/B came out
GBA - Not sure. I still have it, it's the clear light purple (Glacier?) one. Probably pretty early on that one.
DS - Launch. Still have it, have not upgraded

N64 - DK64 bundle
GCN - Launch
Wii - Launch

360 - August 08, right before Rock Band 2 came out.

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