Systems you regret purchasing/not purchasing this gen (so far).

Ok, we're about three or four years into this generation. I figure a lot of things can change in that time, and that all but the most fanboyish among us should be able to admit that some of our purchases may not have been the wisest. So I'd like to hear everyone's personal stories of buyers remorse; what systems you wish you had or hadn't bought, as well the reasons for your current regret vs. why you thought it sounded good at the time.

I'll begin.

My current gaming set-up consists of a PS2 slim, a Wii and 360 Pro with a 120 GB HDD installed later. Now, despite its multiple shortcomings in the graphics, online, storage and control departments, I absolutely do not regret purchasing my launch-day Wii. Mainly for its indispensable first-party titles including this generations best game (imo) Super Mario Galaxy, but also because it has the best version of last-gen's best game (again, imo) Resident Evil 4, perfect backwards compatibility with my entire Gamecube library, which I actually enjoyed even more than the PS2's, and the Virtual Console, whose awesomeness I shouldn't even need to explain.

No, my real regret is that I bought a 360 vs a PS3 60 GB and a decent gaming rig equipped with Steam. It wasn't by any means a hasty, uninformed or irresponsible decision; I spent literally months prior doing heavy research and weighing the pros and cons of each, and for the longest time it was as obvious as it is now that the 360 did not sufficiently address my wants.

I already knew I preferred the PS3's controller to the 360's, with its more symmetrical and ergonomic placement of the left analog stick and (actually functioning) D-Pad, and that a mouse and keyboard were the only way to be truly competent at most first-person shooters.

I knew the 360 was susceptible to various forms of hardware failure (though granted, none have happened to me yet).

I knew that the PS3 and Steam both offered free online, and while I'm not really big on multiplayer and I've heard PSN's service isn't as streamlined or user-friendly as XBL's, at least I could have chosen to try it out on occasion (or not) without being prodded by the urgency of justifying a fee, especially one that I shouldn't have had to pay in the first place.

I knew that the 360's flagship exclusives like Gears and Halo didn't interest me in the slightest, and that between a PS3 and PC I would have access to all the titles on the 360 I DID care about and then some.

But even with all this in mind, my desperation to play on a proper HD system right then and there, coupled with my lack of willpower to spend a few months saving up for a PS3 and even longer for vastly improved PC specs finally compelled me to opt for the 360, which I saw as sort of cheap compromise between the console and PC worlds.

Don't get me wrong, I am enjoying my 360 quite a bit, and my various grievances amount to little more than I light nagging feeling I get once in awhile. Furthermore, I fully acknowledge that my personal tastes will differ from many posters here and I don't consider mine to somehow more legitimate than theirs, so please don't take offense or think I'm bashing the 360 (not that kind of thing should deeply offend you, but still).

So yeah, sorry for the long post. Anyone else care to vent?

I regret buying the Xbox 360. 3 RROD's, and all the games are just dumbed down PC multiplats (except for Halo 3, but one game doesn't make up for getting a new Xbox every 3 months).

I'll be the first to say that I am completely satisfied with my PS3/PC combo :)

I own all systems this gen and don't regret any of them. ArisShadows

i regretgetting my wii just a little .

im happy with my 360 but not as happy as the day i sold my wii. worst system ever.

No regrets this gen for me. I'm happy with the Wii and my new PC, and the other two don't really have much that interests me.

As a 360 and decently powerful gaming PC owner, I only regret the money spent on 360 (having no Live and whatnot), but since I do remember having a lot of fun... maybe not as much as when I played the original Xbox, but still a lot of fun... you always lose money, in some stupider ways than others. Now, my PC I've had no regrets. Hours of fun with TF2 and Company of Heroes and many more, plus still functions great for everything else.

However, I am regretful for my sister, having bought both Wii and PS2 (in their respective generations) and barely touching either. I might wanna take a stroll down to the PS2 games section one day and see what bargains I can find, but the Wii... with me owning the consoles that I actually care about, I feel wary about spending money on a system that's in my house, but one I haven't bothered to touch, almost if ever.

I don't regret any of my purchases. I make wise decisions.

I regret getting the PS3. I hardly ever use it. Feels like I wasted $400 on it for nothing. 360 plays most of the same games and Blue Ray players are also getting pretty cheap. I think I would of been fine with just my PC.

I regret buying the Wii I hated it & my wife whom I thought would love it ended up liking XBLA so much more. I sold it & only lost just a little bit from it. I do however regret missing out on Socom this gen as I never have been able to get a PS3, just too much money up front.

I regret building a gaming pc this gen. Crysis was awesome, but I'm not in to RTS games, and the only game I play other than Crysis is CSS. I should of bought a laptop instead which would be more useful for school.

Bought launch 360, 2 months after I bought it, it red ringed. Waitied for PS3, bought, and also bought the Wii,I have never looked back. I can get the 360 games on PC, only ones I cant get is fable 2 (sad excuse an RPG with such a short campaign), Gears 2, which is overrated, and halo 3 which is a jumping frag fest with a bunch of pre teens.

I only have a gaming PC this gen, like all previous gens.

I regret nothing. :evil:

I regret buying my PSP. It isn't a bad system but the games for it just aren't my style.

I regret buying the Xbox 360. 3 RROD's, and all the games are just dumbed down PC multiplats (except for Halo 3, but one game doesn't make up for getting a new Xbox every 3 months).

Hanass

This, although it only took 1 refurb for me to completely jump ship.

I have all but a PSP and PS2, and I slightly regret the 360, if only because online console gaming and me don't seem to mix, and I got it to play with friends and family from afar.

it woulda been interesting if this thread had a poll. i think. According to system wars, which is the most regrettable console WadeFan

We all know the Wii would "win." :P

Pretty much skipped all consoles last gen.
Until this gen, I had been playing PC games exclusively since 1999/2000.
Bought a backwards-compatible PS3 to potentially play the wealth of games I missed, as well as all the future games coming out not available for PC.
In all, I kind of regret not buying a Wii. I just wish the hardware was up to the standards of today's other consoles.

I regret that I have bought a wii instead of a ps3

worst choice in my life, the wii really suck

Playing video games is my favorite hobby, so I don't regret or will ever regret the systems I buy.

I have regretted buying a 360 in some ways. But it's not because of it's hardware failures, but because I bought it at the absolute wrong time when I truely did not need it. I originaly got mine around the summer of '06, when the 360 was still a fairly new console. At the time, there was only roughly 30 games availible and only a select few appealed to me. I was never really a fan of Xbox, as I was much more of a PS2/Gamecube gamer in the last generation.

What I should have done was waited a full year until the following summer in '07, after the 360 Elite was out and I was working my new job full time. As far as the RROD issue goes, my 360 only broke once and that wasn't until a year and a half after I got it.

In some ways, I do kinda regret buying a 360 over a PS3. I really liked some of the PS3 exclusives, and I never really cared for Halo or Gears. I will get a PS3 someday, but when I can afford it. $400 is a bit too much up front.

The fact that I never bought a DS, still comes back to bite my ass from time to time :( I have to say, I do regret getting a PSP.

The PSP by far. It's such a bad system. One, maybe two worthwhile games a year, poopy portability (everything else is smaller), UMD movies? rofl (You'd rather just download them to a memory stick), and since that reminded me of Memory Stick Pro Duos. Yes those little memory sticks that got outdated in a week, but that doesn't matter because the PSP doesn't take other formats, so why not make them twice as expensive as every other memory storage device? Rofl.

Oh it's so bad.

Everything else - good.

I own all systems/handhelds, and regret buying all of them except 360.