Games that sold you on a console (or made you upgrade your PC)

I'll start

SNES - Street Fighter II

PC - Quake

Xbox - Halo

Xbox - Halo

Xbox 360 - Halo 3

Wii - Monster Hunter Tri

Gamecube - Super Smash Bros Melee

Playstation 2 - FFX

Nothing really stood out for the SNES, N64 & PS1 at the time I bought them, I just thought they would be cool to have. I was right. There were plenty of titles I was interested in on the Wii, but I never bought one until Monster Hunter Tri pulled me over. FFvs13 could have been one for PS3, but FF13 killed a lot of the excitement, as well as the rumours it's coming to the 360.

GBC- Zelda: Links Awakening

GBA- Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance

PS2- Dark Cloud

GC- Bomberman Generation

DS- Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow (Castlevania: TBA at the time)

PSP- Tales of Eternia

Wii- Zelda: TP

PS3- Demons Souls

360: Infinite Undiscovery

I have never built a new PC for one game. But when I build this one, I was aiming to be powerful enough to play Crysis. I knew if I could play Crysis, I could play anything on PC.

SNES: was brother's so I naturally grew up with it.

Genesis: was Rocket Knight.

Playstation: heck I don't remember what game it was, It was either Spyro or Crash Bandicoot.

N64: just naturally loved the SNES, might as well get a N64. First Games? Ocarina of Time and Goldeneye. Although it was Brother's

PS2: Kingdom Hearts

Dreamcast: Sonic Adventure (sadly I never got one. :( )

Gameboy Advance: MEGAMAN ZERO

Gameboy: Just happened to get it suddenly.

Gameboy Color: Funny Long Story. But it involves Pokemon.

DS: Super Mario 64 DS

Gamecube: I wanted the Zelda Bundle but I didn't get that one either.... :( just a regular Gamecube.

DSi: It had more features than the DS.

Nintendo Wii: Motion Controls/ Twilight Princess (got the Gamecube version instead.)

PS3: Brother's but I think he may have gotten it for Grand Theft Auto 4 which at the time we thought was going to be a PS3 Exclusive. LOL

Xbox 360: Gears of War

I guess that's all my influences to get the game console.

PSX - Metal Gear Solid

Xbox - Shenmue II

PS3 - GTA4, MGS4, FFXIII

Wii - Zelda TP, Mario Galaxy (which made me lose hope in future Mario innovations)

That's easy. I have no qualms about this.

Halo was the first time I experienced a good console shooter (I played a lot of Crash Bandicoot on PS1) so that was the first game I picked up for Xbox. The Halo craze that followed made me get the 360 specifically to finish the fight. Wink.

I finished Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood in 2005 and read they were developing a third on next-gen consoles. And I THINK Mass Effect was announced before I got my 360. I was coming out of my KoTOR phase and everything about the Mass Effect E3 stuff was just fantastic. Those 3 games I always say I got my 360 for (though I picked up Hell's Highway on PC).

I bought a gaming rig specifically to play Company of Heroes with my friend two years back. I always thought COH looked cool, but never had the chance to play it. Until my military history buff friend surprised me by saying he liked COH. That was the first game I'd bought when I switched to PC gaming. We have been fighting the Allied forces tooth and nail in the French countryside to this day.

N64 super smash bros

G cube super smash bros

wii super smash bros

next gen Nintendo console Super smash bros

PS3- Uncharted 2

Funny enough it ended up not being even my favorite PS3 game of last year :P.

PSX - Metal Gear Solid

Xbox - Shenmue II

PS3 - GTA4, MGS4, FFXIII

Wii - Zelda TP, Mario Galaxy (which made me lose hope in future Mario innovations)

Aero5555

I have never built a new PC for one game. But when I build this one, I was aiming to be powerful enough to play Crysis. I knew if I could play Crysis, I could play anything on PC.

TheGreatOutdoor

Wow good topic. The one's that "put me over the umming and ahing edge" were

Atari - Pitfall
Lynx - California Games

NES - Super Mario Bros
SNES - Super Mario World
N64 - Mario 64
GC - Resident Evil 1 remake
GB - Final Fantasy Legends II or R-Type
VB - Wario 3D

SMS - Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Megadrive - Sonic the Hedgehog
Dreamcast - Soul Reaver
GG - TV Tuner

3DO - Star Control II

PS - Final Fantasy 7
PS2 - Final Fantasy X
PS3 - Final Fantasy XIII

X360 - Bioshock (PC wouldn't run it and I was tired of spending money upgrading)

Everything else I just bought because I wanted the upgrade, not for any particular game.

PC upgrade wise the first game I spent "real money" upgrading for was Prince of Persia II. Man I remember hearing the 16 bit Soundblaster sound coming from speakers in stores and being blown away :) The only other game I specifically upgraded for was Crysis.

Xbox 360 - Fable, Oblivion

PS3 - FF13

Wii - Zelda

xbox halo 1 &2 (They both Failz sorry)

xbox 360 halo 3 & (Also so sold the xbox360 because all the good games thats on 360 is also on pc that)

Ps2 kingdom hearts (i beat it like 20 times)

PS3 NOTHING (LOVE ALL THE GAMES)

Gamecube Naruto clash of ninja2 ( i dont like naruto anime because it failz)

Wii Mad World (I Love the game but Only 5 hours COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1)

[QUOTE="TheGreatOutdoor"]

I have never built a new PC for one game. But when I build this one, I was aiming to be powerful enough to play Crysis. I knew if I could play Crysis, I could play anything on PC.

cj_simmons

VB - Wario 3D

Chickan_117

Ha

I'm going to upgrade my computer just for ME2.

GoW3 was enough to convince me to buy a PS3, and it was worth it.

The VC is what sold me on the Wii.

[QUOTE="Chickan_117"]

VB - Wario 3D

gangstaa9

Ha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsBOqpuM_Tw&NR=1

DS: SM64

Wii: Zelda Twilight Princess (I could have gotten it on gamecube)

PC: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion made me upgrade from 512mb ram and a x600 to 2gb and a x1950xt. Turned me into a PC gamer.

I'll start

SNES - Street Fighter II

PC - Quake

Xbox - Halo

Halo on Xbox

I bought a 24" monitor for my computer in anticipation of Batman AA, and it was glorious

And the first PC I got was for CS, TFC, and DoD.

Edit: And I got Soul Calibur with my Dreamcast. I didn't even know it was a fighting game when I bought it as I got my Dreamcast during my Halo craze, and figured Calibur would mean it was a shooting game. Even though it wasn't it still turned out to be one of my favorite games of all time.

SMG made you lose hope in future Mario innovations. Why now?oldkingallant

The hype made me believe it will be the next "WOW!" in platform-games innovation, that it would do what Mario 64 did back in '96. Once I started playing it felt like a "Mario 64 3.0" (Sunshine being "2.0"). Same concept with added ideas.

Let me put it this way, I don't see any innovations as big as Mario 64 for platforming in the near future. I haven't even bothered beating SMG2

I picked up a N64 purely for GoldenEye and I upgraded my PC to play WoW on ultra but I ended up collecting a lot of games on both eventually. Every other system I have bought for a multitude of titles.

I don't even check the games before upgrading my PC because I know it's the best.

Nintendo - Super Mario Bros. (My dad bought)

Super Nintendo - Super Mario Bros. 3 (My dad bought)

266 PC - Quest For Glory, King's Quest, Space Quest (My mom got me into these games)

Game Gear - Sonic (First purchase that was actually mine, everything else I bought or got for Birthday/Christmas)

Nintendo 64 - Super Mario 64

Upgraded Gateway PC 1998 - Half Life

Playstation - Xenogears

Xbox - Halo

Got new Dell PC as a present - No particular game, not sure exactly when.

2002 Upgraded Dell PC - Just because, no particular game that I remember.

2004 Built New PC from scratch(first time) - Half Life 2/F.E.A.R./Doom 3.

Gameboy SP - Super Mario all star saga

2007 Upgraded PC 8800 GTS - Crysis

2008 Xbox 360 - refurbished box from a friend, no warranty, cheap. RROD'd on me middle of last year. Got because it was cheap, no real game interested me that much.

2009 upgraded PC again 9800 GTX+ and Q9400 Processor - No real game, just wanted to run current games better.

2009 PS3 also picked up 32" Sony 1080p HDTV early in 2009 - Uncharted, Demon's Souls, and Blu Ray player.

2010 Got 480 GTX, 8 gbs of ram and 24 Inch samsung monitor(have a surplus of money) - All the games I currently have now. :P

1. N64- Star Fox 64

2. Xbox- Halo CE (the best Halo to date IMO, mainly because of the "you truly felt alone at times" atmosphere and open ended level design for the outdoor environments)

3. PC- Half Life 2/Doom3 (I remember building a new PC with an Athlon 64 3400+, 1 GB ram, and a Geforce 6800 for those 2 games.. Great times)

Nintendo - Super Mario Bros. (My dad bought)

Super Nintendo - Super Mario Bros. 3 (My dad bought)

266 PC - Quest For Glory, King's Quest, Space Quest (My mom got me into these games)

Game Gear - Sonic (First purchase that was actually mine, everything else I bought or got for Birthday/Christmas)

Nintendo 64 - Super Mario 64

Upgraded Gateway PC 1998 - Half Life

Playstation - Xenogears

Xbox - Halo

Got new Dell PC as a present - No particular game, not sure exactly when.

2002 Upgraded Dell PC - Just because, no particular game that I remember.

2004 Built New PC from scratch(first time) - Half Life 2/F.E.A.R./Doom 3.

Gameboy SP - Super Mario all star saga

2007 Upgraded PC 8800 GTS - Crysis

2008 Xbox 360 - refurbished box from a friend, no warranty, cheap. RROD'd on me middle of last year. Got because it was cheap, no real game interested me that much.

2009 upgraded PC again 9800 GTX+ and Q9400 Processor - No real game, just wanted to run current games better.

2009 PS3 also picked up 32" Sony 1080p HDTV early in 2009 - Uncharted, Demon's Souls, and Blu Ray player.

2010 Got 480 GTX, 8 gbs of ram and 24 Inch samsung monitor(have a surplus of money) - All the games I currently have now. :P

PSP:Ratchet and clank.

PS2:Ratchet and clank.

PS3:Ratchet and clank.

Xbox 360:Geometry wars 2. >_>

Wii:Super Mario Galaxy.

NDS: Pokemon.

PC:lolpcgaming

[QUOTE="oldkingallant"]SMG made you lose hope in future Mario innovations. Why now?Aero5555

The hype made me believe it will be the next "WOW!" in platform-games innovation, that it would do what Mario 64 did back in '96. Once I started playing it felt like a "Mario 64 3.0" (Sunshine being "2.0"). Same concept with added ideas.

Let me put it this way, I don't see any innovations as big as Mario 64 for platforming in the near future. I haven't even bothered beating SMG2

The previous two PCs to my current one were assembled to coincide with the Battlefield series.

An Athlon XP 1700+ back in 2001 with Win XP and Battlefield 1942

An Athlon 64 X2 4200+ in 2005 with Battlefield 2.

My current pc (Phenom X3 720) is merely a temporary one after the motherboard of the X2 4200+ died. It played Crysis ok enough though.

xbox 360: cod4

wii: zelda tp

360: PGR3

PS3: MGS4

Wii: LoZ:TP

PC: Doom 3 and Battlefield 2

NDS: Mario 64 DS

PSP: Forgot what game, but I think it was SOCOM.

Mega Drive - Sonic

Xbox 360 - Red Dead Redemption/Skate 2 (only games i own)

PC - Maybe Half Life 2, I can't remember it was so long ago, but certainly Crysis.

I would love to own a PS3 (especially over the xbox) for pretty much every exclusive that it holds.

Halo for the Xbox.

On PC, it was Wing Commander 2. I decided to get a CD ROM and upgrade to a luxurious 2MB RAM and 40MB HDD.

Genesis: sonic and then became a sega fanboy and bought all sega consoles until the fall of dreamcast...then

xbox: DOA3

PS2: MGS3

PS3: MGS4 (which disappointed me but other games on PS3 more than made up for it's faults)

PC: Crysis

xbox360: nothing, just was hoping to find something great, not wanting to miss something that it might offer that could be amazing....I'm still waiting.

All nintendo handhelds just for pokemon

Gamecube - Twin snakes

360 - Halo and gears

PC: Company Of Heroes PS3: FIFA 10 ( i know it's wierd )strider_ATI

After tearing through Valkyria Chronicles (PS3) I immediately ran out and picked up a PSP for the upcoming VK2. Huge!

Wii - No More Heroes/Super Smash Brothers Brawl

DS - New Super Mario Brothers

Dreamcast - Crazy Taxi/Sonic Adventure