View Poll Results: Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
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Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
12-29-22, 04:10 PM
#1
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Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare? To be clear, I don't mean a second console to replace a dead console, but one to keep as a future replacement for a console that was still working without any problems.
12-29-22, 04:31 PM
#2
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
Yep, I still have an unopened PS2 slim that I bought just in case. Probably should have done the same with the PS3, but oh well.
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12-29-22, 05:02 PM
#3
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Re: Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
No, but I did buy a new version of the console and keep the older version...
12-29-22, 11:45 PM
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Re: Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
Yeah I have a spare PS5 sitting in the garage....just in case. 
(No I don’t)
(No I don’t)
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12-30-22, 12:00 AM
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Re: Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
No, never saw a need. All my consoles going back to the Coleco Telstar and Atari 2600 are still working. I've only had to replace one, the launch-day PS3.
12-30-22, 12:12 AM
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Re: Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
I have two PS3s, but only because my fat died. Now the slim is giving me the dreaded 80010514 disc read error with some titles.
12-30-22, 07:48 AM
#9
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Re: Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
After having both a NES and SNES have problems and having to replace them with dirty used models bought at GameStop, I decided to buy an extra N64 when TRU was clearancing them out at $50. It might have even came with a copy of Hey You Pikachu if I remember correctly
12-30-22, 09:40 AM
#11
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Re: Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
No.
For a while, my wife and I had duplicates when we moved in together, but we downsized them eventually.
The only time I could think of doing it was like PerryD said when you find something on clearance like that.
For a while, my wife and I had duplicates when we moved in together, but we downsized them eventually.
The only time I could think of doing it was like PerryD said when you find something on clearance like that.
12-30-22, 08:42 PM
#12
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Re: Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
Yeah, no.
Had to replace a few (PS3 Fatty, a half dozen 360s and a Wii). Every other console dating back to the Atari days stood the test of time.
Had to replace a few (PS3 Fatty, a half dozen 360s and a Wii). Every other console dating back to the Atari days stood the test of time.
12-30-22, 11:39 PM
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Re: Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
If you haven't noticed, all but the N64 are disc-based systems. After the spindle on my PS broke, I decided to get a back-up for my systems going forward.
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12-31-22, 02:08 PM
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Re: Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
I would but most are in storage now. I only have my 360 and X1 hooked up. No room for anything else. At least, going forward, I won't have to buy back-ups for MS consoles since they're all supposed to be BC now.
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12-31-22, 08:17 PM
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12-31-22, 10:34 PM
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Re: Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
I have doubles of all of them, that way I can use one and get it scratched up and it's ok because I have one in storage. But I also have triples of the Xbox 360, and triples of the Intellivision. Triples is best.
12-31-22, 11:40 PM
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Re: Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
I don’t want to jinx myself, but I’ve only ever had one system go bad while it was still being used, which was Wii thanks to my wife playing Wii Fit a long time, so I don’t see a need. I have most of the mainstream systems from Sega, Nintendo, XBox, Sony except Saturn (I got pissed at Sega d/t Sega CD being pretty unsupported) and Wii U (it just seemed pointless) since the SNES/Genesis generation, and no issues other than that.
01-01-23, 01:01 AM
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01-01-23, 09:39 AM
#24
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Re: Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
Never have done this. All of my consoles I’ve owned have stayed working. Granted I haven’t checked some of the older ones in years but they lasted a long time when I had them out.
Only console to ever die on me was my first 360 which got the RROD. Replaced it with a 360 Elite.
Only console to ever die on me was my first 360 which got the RROD. Replaced it with a 360 Elite.
01-02-23, 10:39 AM
#25
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Re: Have you ever bought a second video game console to keep as a spare?
No. I've upgraded all of my consoles prior to one failing on me, so I never saw the need to have a second one. Even if one did fail, I'd just buy a new one at that time. Once a new gen comes out, and has been out for a year or two, I upgrade and sell the old console. I have very little interest in replaying games, and there's always new stuff to distract me from the things I never got around to on a previous console. With backward compatibility becoming more commonplace, I have gone back to previous generations of games, but not with any regularity.