Never owned a games console

ronjo · 10-01-2012 09:19AM #1

Am I the only one???

My friends have owned everything from commodore 64 to X box online thingy but I never really had an interest since I left school 20 years ago and we couldnt afford one when I was a kid.

Is this totally unusual?

Aoifey! · 10-01-2012 09:22AM

If you're not interested in gaming at all then there's no point in having one.

I have an xbox myself but I know plenty of people that don't have anything. Most had older consoles at some point though.

maxfresh · 10-01-2012 09:23AM

i think this is a bit unusual im 30 and have always had them from commodore 64 when i was a kid (im from a poor family too) ,to a ps3 and laptop now

MrStuffins · 10-01-2012 09:24AM

if you're a guy, yeah it's pretty unusual.

I mean, you don't have to be into games to enjoy the odd game. Like the way some people might not necessarily be big cinephiles but everyone owns a DVD player or has owned a VHS player at some point.

ronjo · 10-01-2012 09:26AM

Yes I am a guy.

I was thinking about buying a Wii a few years ago but never got round to it.

Maybe when my kids is a bit older I will end up hogging her games.

later12 · 10-01-2012 09:28AM

Nope, I'm 25 and never had one.

My best friend had a sega mega drive (he was a wanker, but he had Sonic, so we were besties) so I played his; but no, never had one myself. I don't think it made much difference, tbh, except that I never was very crazy about computer games,now I hate them.

tallus · 10-01-2012 09:30AM

Never had a consol myself, but I have two consoles

MrStuffins · 10-01-2012 09:32AM

Well you can grab a cheap USB controller for your computer/laptop and download the emulators and see what you've been missing.

Again, I was never a big gamer. But there are certain games that ruled my life. I remember missing about 2 weeks of school when I got Super Mario 3 on the NES!

I remember my brother handing me Metal Gear Solid 2 and that was the last time anyone saw me for about 10 days until I cleared that game.

I hadn't picked up a controller for about 3 years until 4 months ago when I decided one day "I think i'll play my brother's xBox and play GTA IV".

Jaysus, I was engrossed in that too!

When a game catches you right, it's awesome!

ronjo · 10-01-2012 09:33AM

Shows what I know about them.

I cannot even spell the word !

Snowie · 10-01-2012 09:33AM

Ive a sole Im not ginger

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MrStuffins · 10-01-2012 09:34AM

later10 wrote: »

Nope, I'm 25 and never had one.

My best friend had a sega mega drive (he was a wanker, but he had Sonic, so we were besties) so I played his; but no, never had one myself. I don't think it made much difference, tbh, except that I never was very crazy about computer games,now I hate them.

Sorry but I find it very strange how someone can use such a strong word having never owned a console?

I mean, we're not too far away from the gaming industry taking over from Hollywood! If you put the likes of the big blockbuster movies side-by-side with the characters and story depth of the likes of GTA IV or the MGS series, there's no comparison.

skipz · 10-01-2012 09:37AM

Oh its a sad life with no xbox live anymore

p.s, if there was a smilie crying his face off id have used that.

Spunge · 10-01-2012 09:40AM

Typical PC fanboy.

minidazzler · 10-01-2012 09:41AM

later10 wrote: »

Nope, I'm 25 and never had one.

My best friend had a sega mega drive (he was a wanker, but he had Sonic, so we were besties) so I played his; but no, never had one myself. I don't think it made much difference, tbh, except that I never was very crazy about computer games,now I hate them.

Let's be fair though, you hate them because you are bad at them...

ronjo · 10-01-2012 09:42AM

Spunge wrote: »

Typical PC fanboy.

Whats a PC fanboy??

policarp · 10-01-2012 09:45AM

tallus wrote: »

Never had a consol myself, but I have two consoles

That's consoling. . .

MrStuffins · 10-01-2012 09:46AM

ronjo wrote: »

Whats a PC fanboy??

I thought a PC fan boy was someone who liked PCs over Macs (or, in this case perhaps PC gaming over Console gaming)

I think this particular poster is either in the wrong thread or has completely misunderstood the sentiment of this one!

o1s1n · 10-01-2012 09:51AM

Insanity! I've about 60! Give me a good game over tv any day.

missvirgo · 10-01-2012 09:55AM

I don't have one & never did, & never would...

Also, i'd run a mile from any man that does...

I get violent even thinking about it

MrStuffins · 10-01-2012 09:56AM

missvirgo wrote: »

I don't have one & never did, & never would...

Also, i'd run a mile from any man that does...

I get violent even thinking about it

Good luck in your life as a spinster

ronjo · 10-01-2012 09:57AM

missvirgo wrote: »

I don't have one & never did, & never would...

Also, i'd run a mile from any man that does...

I get violent even thinking about it

Haha..... So do you know many men who dont own one??

Plazaman · 10-01-2012 09:58AM

I had a Sega Mega Drive, the cartridge type ones. Once I finished Sonic The Hedgehog, I had no desire to get another game or to play it again. I think it was more the fact that it took me about 6 months to finish it and the games always angried up the blood too much.

Still gathering dust in the house somewhere, must donate it to charity to give it an opportunity to turn some other kid into an angry frenzied ball of spit.

Beruthiel · 10-01-2012 09:59AM

ronjo wrote: »

Maybe when my kids is a bit older I will end up hogging her games.

That's how it started with me.
Way back in the day my daughter asked Santa for a Nintendo 64 and Zelda.
Santa got it in September and had to check it was working as he didn't want Mini Me getting up on Christmas day to find it broken.

By Christmas, Santa had finished Zelda and was hooked.

I love my xbox. I have spent this winter playing Skyrim and Assassins Creed. I'm finished both.
I need a new game.

ronjo · 10-01-2012 10:02AM

Beruthiel wrote: »

That's how it started with me.
Way back in the day my daughter asked Santa for a Nintendo 64 and Zelda.
Santa got it in September and had to check it was working as he didn't want Mini Me getting up on Christmas day to find it broken.

By Christmas, Santa had finished Zelda and was hooked.

I love my xbox. I have spent this winter playing Skyrim and Assassins Creed. I'm finished both.
I need a new game.

I have seen Skyrim mentioned here but have honestly no frigging idea what its about.

Wibbs · 10-01-2012 10:04AM

Never had one either. Played various games on PC's over the years(Quake was a fave), but never really got into gaming like some. Then again I'm dire at platform type games so that could be much of it

oldyouth · 10-01-2012 10:06AM

Never had one though my sons have what appears to be every type going, all over the house

Cee-Jay-Cee · 10-01-2012 10:08AM

I had a commodore 64 when i was young and got several thousand hours entertainment out of it. I also had a SNES and much later bought a PS2. When GT3 came out i played it near enough everfy spare moment for weeks until i finished the entire game, i then packed the whole thing back up in its box and put it away and havent touched it or any other game system since. That was 7 or 8 years ago. I have absolutely no interest in them anymore.

MrStuffins · 10-01-2012 10:09AM

ronjo wrote: »

I have seen Skyrim mentioned here but have honestly no frigging idea what its about.

Get yourself a lend of an old PS2 and get the Metal Gear Solid series. Man, they're incredible!

Also, the GTA series (from III onwards) really is amazing. The games are superb pieces of art!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO25p4JdB1U

ronjo · 10-01-2012 10:14AM

MrStuffins wrote: »

Get yourself a lend of an old PS2 and get the Metal Gear Solid series. Man, they're incredible!

Also, the GTA series (from III onwards) really is amazing. The games are superb pieces of art!

Thanks for advice MrStuffins but I dont really have the interest.
Also, you said you are not a big gamer but you seem to have played a lot.
What IS a big gamer then??? Any out there? How much of your life do you spend playing?

MrStuffins · 10-01-2012 10:17AM

ronjo wrote: »

Thanks for advice MrStuffins but I dont really have the interest.
Also, you said you are not a big gamer but you seem to have played a lot.
What IS a big gamer then??? Any out there? How much of your life to your spend playing?

Nah man, not a lot. I'm just giving you the small few examples of the games that grabbed me. I don't actually own a console these days.

The 3 games i was talking about are actually from 3 different generations of consoles. Mario, MGS and GTA. When i finished GTA IV i tried out a load of other games like Call of Duty and Halo and stuff but I just couldn't get into them

yeppydeppy · 10-01-2012 10:19AM

I'm the same as you op - never had one growing up and still don't. I did play on friends and relations consoles but not a lot. I just never got that gaming bug, I was more into movies and books.

Never owned a games console

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