What was the first gaming console you purchased with your own money

[Wildin]

Full price was a wii, then a wiiu then a switch.

I've owned nes,snes,n64 (multiple times), Sega Genesis, dreamcast, ps1/2/3/4, Xbox og/360/x1

I've bought the rest from game stores and friends

 

[Ya Sinning Mane]

ps4

 

[madness]

washed cars the entire summer and saved up for a PS2. right before school started moms took me to the bank to open an account and stash my money away so i wouldn't blow it all before the console came out.

 

[-DMP-]

Dreamcast just for sonic adventure, then when ps2 came out, instantly had buyers remorse, sold it and saved up for ps2. Bought a used one and couldn’t even afford games or memory card. Went to block buster and rented ZOE and armored core. Stayed up all weekend with my best friend to beat them

 

[2gunsup]

I popped the piggy bank for a Sega Genesis.

 

[Goodnews]

PS2
Smackdown Bring The Pain
Metal Gear Solid 2
Dark Cloud
The Bouncer

Had a orange Madcatz controller that nobody was allowed to use but me

 

[Darkslayer]

mine was a GameCube , and I only paid for it to say I owned one , I believe it was $100 at Walmart ,used garage sale money

Gamecube at Toy R Us, I remember saving up from working at Sunfresh to get it. 1st game I bought for it was THPS3, played the hell out of that game. Still remember the songs from the soundtrack

GameCube. I was 12 years old and I had saved for months to cop

I Bought Mine Just To Get Resident Evil 4. It Ended Getting Ported Everywhere But I Know From Experience That Game Was Meant To Be Played On Gamecube And I Tell Everyone This Everytime It Comes Up.

 

[mr.africa]

sega genesis

 

[42 Monks]

xbox 360

then i bought another

and another

 

[Llysol]

PS2

and since I never had a PS1 I bought FFVII,VIII, & IX

Also got FFX

Kept me fed for a while
Playing those games back to back and watching the graphics evolve as I played

 

[dappadonna]

Xbox 360 Arcade

 

[Professor K.]

From the store? PS4. I bought a PS3 and 360 from friends for the low years after release and my folks got me my OG XBox/Dreamcast/N64 back in the day

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Dreamcast.

Used my freshman college refund check and copped that goodness. I bought a bunch of games too.

Was pretty pissed when you could just burn games on a CD after buying a bunch of retail games..

 

[Renkz]

Bought a a ps2 from sister, I learned how to softmod it so, I ate really well

 

[clyma est mort]

Sega Master System and NES when I was 18 years old. Took a 15-year-break from console gaming, then bought a PSP and DS in 2005.