WHY BUY THE SAME CONSOLE TWICE?
Have you ever bought the same piece of hardware twice? Ok, if you owned a Gamecube and then bought a Wii, then yes, you technically have 2.5 Wii’s. We all know about PSX’s needing to be stood on its side to work, PS2 drives dying and of course RROD’ing 360′s. But under what circumstances would you rebuy a console you already have?
If you’re giant Xbox 360 fan, and you don’t want to buy a PS3, what do you do when your launch 360 breaks and there’s no warranty to cover repairs? Do you shell out for a new Arcade unit? Do you pay for repairs? I have yet to have a completely dead console that wasn’t covered by warranty. My PSP 1000 is completely dead though.
I have one game on it I wouldn’t mind playing at some point- God of War: Chains of Olympus. My PSP is now dead dead. I can’t see why I’d drop AU$300 to replace it when I would only be doing so for one game. If my Wii were die, I’d have just as much of a choice. IE, I wouldn’t bother. If my PS3 died, I would have to replace it IMMEDIATELY. Last weekend I enjoyed the following movies on Blu Ray: Pirates of the Caribbean at World’s End, LA Confidential, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Awesome times. Apparently I can play games on it at some point.
My 360 has RRODed twice, but the last fix seems to have taken as the machine has nearly gone 18 months since its 2nd failure. Its working now. There’s currently no reason to replace my launch 360 apart from the fact I’d like HDMI, a quieter DVD drive and a much bigger HDD drive. Reason enough, but I’ve decided to wait until I can be guaranteed to get a ‘Jasper’- the latest hardware revision with supposedly quieter and more reliable hardware.
I have a DS Phat. I haven’t really played it for ages but I entertained the thought of getting a Lite, but by the time the DSi turned up, the DS was dead to me. Considering Nintendo haven’t released a game for me on the DS in years, I think I’ll pass.
How about you? Have you ever bought a console twice and WHAT THE HELL WHERE YOU THINKING? 
January 29th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
I bought two plasmaboys. It turned my girlfriend on when I played both at once.
January 29th, 2009 at 10:13 pm
I should add that I had two XBox 1′s. The first one, a standard old black one was modified to as a media player, region free gaming, etc. The second was bought to played on live- a lovely crystal clear one that still serves as a DVD player occasionally. I also had two PS2s. I kinda inherited the second one when I met my wife. I forgort all about those when i wrote the blog
February 1st, 2009 at 1:00 am
I bought a Game Boy Advance SP, which I still consider the best portable system of all time, when I already had the original GBA. The original had better buttons, but I love the simple, elegant design, the rechargeable battery, and the LIT SCREEN, oooohhhh, of the SP. I just wish Nintendo had thought of these features to begin with.