Started on NES as a child; it was my mom’s. Then SNES and Genesis (one of the perks of separated parents trying to one up each other). After that N64 and PS1. Then Dreamcast, GameCube, PS2, Xbox in that order. Went solely Xbox 360 and PC for a few years. Got sick of RROD (went through five of them) and traded my last 360 for a Slim PS3. Then solely PS4 (got out of PC gaming at that time; my rig needed replacing since I built it specifically to play FEAR back in 2006 and caught up on PC games like Doom 3 and Half Life 2 and nursed my RTS addiction at that time) for a long time. Got a Switch Mariko in 2019. Then a PS5 at launch using my PS4 as trade in credit.
I’ve mostly been a PlayStation fan since the PS1 era but I was multiplatform for most of my life. I went solely PS4 for the eighth generation because of time constraints (working a much more hourly based job with little free time) rather than budget restraints. I decided to focus on one platform at that time. Today I feel like my PS5 and Switch complement each other very well. So I’ll stick with this set up for now.
As a kid I had a bunch of successive Game Boys and had a DS with my PC and 360. But I wasn’t playing it enough to justify ownership so I gave it to a cousin of mine around 2007.
I wanted to get back into PC gaming but two things happened. One the insane cost of building a good rig today. Second, I have a kid on the way. Not spending any frivolous money on something I don’t have to have until he’s older.
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