mndtrp

By the end of 2007, the Wii. By the end of 2008, I'll pick up the PS3. I have no interest in either XBox.

chess

Actually, I was amazed at how HIGH that number was...especially compared to the other two consoles.

Apollo

I have a 360 and was looking to get a PS3, but at $600 I will probably wait til 2010 when it reaches $250.

I won't get a Wii due to no Hi-Def and I am very leery on the Wiiremote concept.

Decker

PS3. It has the franchises I care about the most (Kingdom Hearts, Ratchet & Clank, Jak, God Of War) and the BR player will really make that freakishly high purchase price easier to handle. In addition, the interconnectivity with the PSP could really be a plus (like using the PSP as a Slingbox from your PS3 or downloading your music wirelessly to your PSP from any hot spot)-- those features could be really cool.


Of course, if the Wii is both inexpensive and a lot of fun I might get one eventually. And I have a replacement warranty from BB for my Xbox that's up in 8/07, so I'll probably upgrade to a 360 by then (assuming we ever get full backward compatibility in that system).

Supermallet

The 360 will never have full backwards compatibility without a bigger hard drive, and even if it does, some of the games will still play like crap.

sracer

That's not necessariliy true. Full BC requires a fully developed emulator. It's not like they are producing individual emulators for each title. Full BC is a real possibility from the technical point of view. However, Microsoft has no interest in investing the effort to make that a reality. The sole reason for including BC was so that the 360 could play Halo 2. Anything else that was playable, was just a happy accident.

Supermallet

From what I heard, they had to program each individual game in. Otherwise, once the emulator was on there, you should be able to play any original Xbox game.

sracer

What is "individual" is the disc check to see if the disc in the tray is one of the games officially supported as playable. That doesn't take large amounts of code. Microsoft wants to restrict gameplay to those games that they know will work. Otherwise they would get flooded with support calls for every game that has a hiccup or glitch.

Jtnguyen12

WII in November - December 2006. Also, I have huges backlog PS2 games and it'll keep me for while untill PS3 drop price down little bit. I kinda interest in XBOX 360 too but i'll wait till MS full system upgrade for low price instead keep add parts to XBOX 360 and it's very expensive.

Finally, DS LITE is coming in June 11 and I'll get it on that day!

Chris_D

It's sort of true that the emulator is not perfect, but it's not quite the same as a separate emulator for each game. For example, epsx (ps1) needs you to tweak the emulator settings for a lot of different games but it's still the same software.

An interview I read was along the lines that Halo was a bitch to get working, but achieving that basically gave them emulation for a stack of other games.

DJ_Longfellow

I have a 360 and about $350 credit at GameRush....so, I may use that for a PS3 if they stay around (Gamerush that is).

silentbob007

Probably Wii for sure and 360 after price drop and a few games that I'm excited for.

The Bus

Interesting how this played out.

My answer in the initial poll was correct... was yours?

maxfisher

I answered 'not sure' in the poll, but my post was pretty accurate.

Got the Wii in December 2006.

Actually was able to get a 360 premium for $300 in November 2006. Ended up buying lots of backwards compatible games and then letting them gather dust while Dead Rising and Gears of War sucked me into the current generation.

Got a 40 Gb for about $300 in May 2008.

pinata242

Well by the end of 2007 I actually had all 3 systems. I was still playing a bit of Wii then, but the 360 has overtaken my life. I still don't have a PS3 game yet. I got the PS3 as the 60gb was being phased out and with a $100 rebate from SonyStyle.com with a Sony card in Sept 2007. I got the 360 as the first HDMI Pro systems were released in Aug 2007.

DQ9 is going to the DS and DQX is Wii. KH3 is still a no-show, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it multiplatform like FFXIII.

Michael Corvin

Bored?

Anyway, voted for the Wii60 combo but I got all three at launch.

360
Camped out for 6 hours at Sam's in 40 degree weather. Totally worth it. Snagged Perfect Dark (turd), Call of Duty 2 (cool) & Kameo (awesome). Still own Kameo.

Wii
Camped out at Target for 13 hours in 30 degree weather. Somewhat worth it. Also grabbed Rayman(fun), Zelda (not so much) and Super Monkey Ball (turd) while I was there. I don't own any of them anymore.

PS3
Pre-ordered the last 20GB at a Gamestop about 30 minute drive away, so no waiting. I sold the PS3 to a friend though right after I bought it. He was dying for one and I was on the fence for the price so I let it go. Also knew I was already dropping $300+ on the Wii in a week. I did grab another one in August of '07. Games, umm, I bought Ratchet and loved it but sold it. I rented everything else and only own 3 retail games currently.

First time I've owned more than two current gen consoles.

bunkaroo

I was Wii and PS3 only at the end of '07.

Got lucky and got a Wii from Amazon at launch on the first day. Just dumb luck there.

Got the PS3 right as the 60GB's were phasing out and Best Buy was offering a free game with the 60GB.

I did own a 360 for a few months in 2006 I believe but I got rid of it before it could crap out on me (which it did for its buyer).

I got a newer model 360 in early '08. Haven't used it a ton though - PS3 gets all the action (and multi-platform games).

Decker

Hmmm.... Well, I guess I was fooled because I ended up getting the 360 first. I got it around the time of the PS3 launch and was pretty happy with it. Got a PS3 like a year later. Still no Wii. I ended up using that Xbox replacement warranty to purchase a 360 HD-DVD drive then when I discovered it was actually too loud to watch movies on, used that replacement warranty on a stand-alone HD-DVD player and didn't buy another warranty.


Still waiting for three of those four franchises to come to the PS3...

FantasticVSDoom

I ended up with all 3 as well... Sold the Wii in 2008, play the 360 all the time, and use the PS3 as my BD/dvd player and an occasional game once in a while.

sniper308

I now have 2 360's (fun for system link, streaming to different TV's in different rooms, etc), still have the GC and the original Xbox, the SP's, 2 DS's in the house, and a Wii.

Still no PS3... even with the price drop, no compelling reason for me to get one yet.

Kids get some play from the Wii. I have a couple of games for it myself, but rarely play it. The 360's get all the love.

JasonF

When this poll came out, console gaming wasn't even on my radar. I hadn't had a console since the late 90s, when I had a PS1. But in late 2006, when we were getting all the hype about the launch of the PS3 and the Wii, I started thinking maybe I wanted to get back into console gaming. In early 2007, I upgraded from a tube TV to a flatscreen and decided to grab a 360 at the same time. About a year later, I bought a Wii. I still don't have a PS3, but with the recent price drop, I am very tempted.

Dan

I didn't vote in the poll, but at the time, I would have said that the 360 would be my one and only console.

Now, I own all three and get enjoyment out of all of them (although the 360 is still the most-played of the bunch)

Nazgul

If I voted, it was for Wii only, but now I have a PS3 slim.

Jeremy517

I must have accidentally voted for the wrong one, because I never planned on owning as PS3 after the pricing structure was released. If I had voted for the one I meant to vote for, then I would have been correct.

Michael Corvin

If you voted, your vote would be italicized in the poll.