@Joe80, Must have games on DS (for me and family) : New Super Mario Bros. Advance Wars DS and Advance Wars Days of Ruins Super Mario 64 DS (didn't have N64, and never played SM64) GBA Games I have (I only have 1 GBASP, so instead of buying another GBASP, I choose to buy NDS) Brain Age (Yeah, I am one of those people who enjoyed BA and BA2) Pokemon Diamond & Pearl and some other DS game I had but couldn't list (Phoenix Wright, for example)
Even though I bought PS2 for Dynasty Tactics and FFX, I did bought more game than those 2. In fact, I think I have about 50 games total on PS2, and about 30 games on PS1. Those 2 games are the trigger, the reason I have to buy PS2 NOW instead of later. I have God of War 1 & 2, I have Legend of Dragoon, Chrono Cross, Rogue Galaxy etc (most of my game is RPG). I also have DT1 & DT2, RTK 8, RTK 9 and RTK10 (I also have lots of SRPG).
HDTV and PS3/X360 as a "must pair" is probably caused by my perfectionist/techie habit. I bought component cable for GCN and PS2 (while most of my friend are happy playing them with RCA cable). I also bought component cable together with my first Wii purchase.
I don't know about your family, but rotating 3 person (me, my eldest son and my second son) to share a single machine is a big headache. Especially if you just bought a brand new game and would like to play that game non-stop(like FFXIII, for example). Having to see other person play other game (like Sponge Bob) is a torture. Even though you have DS or other console to play while waiting for your turn, you will not be able to concentrate since your mind keep on returning to that "game that I couldn't play yet because somebody else is hogging the machine". After going through it with Zelda WW on GC, I decided never to buy a single machine again, ever.
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Must have games on DS (for me and family) :
New Super Mario Bros.
Advance Wars DS and Advance Wars Days of Ruins
Super Mario 64 DS (didn't have N64, and never played SM64)
GBA Games I have (I only have 1 GBASP, so instead of buying another GBASP, I choose to buy NDS)
Brain Age (Yeah, I am one of those people who enjoyed BA and BA2)
Pokemon Diamond & Pearl
and some other DS game I had but couldn't list (Phoenix Wright, for example)
Even though I bought PS2 for Dynasty Tactics and FFX, I did bought more game than those 2. In fact, I think I have about 50 games total on PS2, and about 30 games on PS1. Those 2 games are the trigger, the reason I have to buy PS2 NOW instead of later. I have God of War 1 & 2, I have Legend of Dragoon, Chrono Cross, Rogue Galaxy etc (most of my game is RPG). I also have DT1 & DT2, RTK 8, RTK 9 and RTK10 (I also have lots of SRPG).
HDTV and PS3/X360 as a "must pair" is probably caused by my perfectionist/techie habit. I bought component cable for GCN and PS2 (while most of my friend are happy playing them with RCA cable). I also bought component cable together with my first Wii purchase.
I don't know about your family, but rotating 3 person (me, my eldest son and my second son) to share a single machine is a big headache. Especially if you just bought a brand new game and would like to play that game non-stop(like FFXIII, for example). Having to see other person play other game (like Sponge Bob) is a torture. Even though you have DS or other console to play while waiting for your turn, you will not be able to concentrate since your mind keep on returning to that "game that I couldn't play yet because somebody else is hogging the machine". After going through it with Zelda WW on GC, I decided never to buy a single machine again, ever.