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What was the last console you bought off of a store shelf?
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Switch and PS4 new off the shelf in 2018, both at Target. Everything since online, but since I'm not planning to get a PS5 or XSX until 2022 or 23, maybe I'll be able to get one in store by then.
The Wii U. Stopped buying consoles after this one and build a pc. Always had my eyes on a Switch though, but then the Steam Deck came around the corner.
Wish Steam had a polished tabletop collection as Nintendo's 51 Clubhouse Games. Tabletop Simulator felt like an early release game.
Wish Steam had a polished tabletop collection as Nintendo's 51 Clubhouse Games. Tabletop Simulator felt like an early release game.
Got the switch at launch by just sitting inside a walmart, but aside from that I also bought the ps4 a few months in by just going into a target.
The PS5 was actually my first online console purchase.
The PS5 was actually my first online console purchase.
I've always pre-ordered so, I'll just talk to which one I could have picked up off the shelf and that's the PS4 or Xbox One
One X was the last time I was able to just freely purchase a console at Costco.
The day I'm strolling through a store and see a PS5 digital just chilling is the day I buy one:. I already fought for my Series X, I'm not fighting again.
The day I'm strolling through a store and see a PS5 digital just chilling is the day I buy one:. I already fought for my Series X, I'm not fighting again.
Switch, bought it at Gamestop and got a $30 voucher for any game (used it on Octopath Traveler). It was a pretty good deal.
A few weeks ago my wife and I were at Walmart and we saw the Animal Crossing Switch so we got it for her.
If we're including preorders, then it was the PS5 last year since I got one from preordering at my local GameStop.
If we're being super literal and excluding that, it would have been the Xbox One in, I think, 2014 or 2015. I just walked in and picked one up.
If we're being super literal and excluding that, it would have been the Xbox One in, I think, 2014 or 2015. I just walked in and picked one up.
I managed to snag my Series X by using inventory checkers and driving around on the weekend after launch week. Walked into Target and got it.
Come to think of it, I'm not sure I've ever bought a console online other than a Switch, which I ended up returning because I found one in stock at Walmart before it arrived.
Come to think of it, I'm not sure I've ever bought a console online other than a Switch, which I ended up returning because I found one in stock at Walmart before it arrived.
Think it was a PS3 to be honest.
3DS, PS4 and PS5 were all through Amazon
Switch was through Ebay
3DS, PS4 and PS5 were all through Amazon
Switch was through Ebay
A Wii U but technically my wife bought it cause she was at Target and called saying they had one left in stock if I wanted it.
Me physically going in a store would be a GBA at launch. Everything else has been online or Christmas gifts. Weird to think about!
Me physically going in a store would be a GBA at launch. Everything else has been online or Christmas gifts. Weird to think about!
PS4 500gb UC4 edition on black friday 2016 at Kohl's for $250.
I remember showing up at like 9am, just to browse leftovers/ gifts (I already had a white PS4 Destiny edition from 2014, wasn't really looking for another), but I asked a clerk if they had any left in stock just for the lulz (the piles of doorbusters were long gone).
To my astonishment, he said "I think I saw one in the back", and left.
I was pretty sure he'd come back empty handed, but lo and behold, he then hands me one.
I was stunned tbh, but I went and bought it.
In hindsight, the only way this could have happened is if an employee put one aside for someone (or him/herself), either a friend or family member.
But whatever, still working great.
I remember showing up at like 9am, just to browse leftovers/ gifts (I already had a white PS4 Destiny edition from 2014, wasn't really looking for another), but I asked a clerk if they had any left in stock just for the lulz (the piles of doorbusters were long gone).
To my astonishment, he said "I think I saw one in the back", and left.
I was pretty sure he'd come back empty handed, but lo and behold, he then hands me one.
I was stunned tbh, but I went and bought it.
In hindsight, the only way this could have happened is if an employee put one aside for someone (or him/herself), either a friend or family member.
But whatever, still working great.
My last in store purchase of a game console was the New 3DS XL from Best Buy in April 2015. My last in store home console purchase was a PS3 Slim in November 2009.
The days of me waiting outside in the middle of the night at launch for a new console are over. I used to do it when I was younger, the last time I did it was back in 2006 during Wii launch at Kmart. I rather pre-order online now, it is much more convenient for me now.
Here is my console purchase history. Some of these I got as gifts. You will notice that some of these stores are out of business now.
1990- Nintendo Entertainment System- Lechmere (I remember this store when I was a kid. My mom took me to Lechmere when I was 8 years old to get a NES. The store is out of business now)
1992- Sega Genesis- Montgonery Ward ( Another store that closed dow. I got it for Christmas.)
1993- Super Nintendo- Service Merchandise (Another store that closed. My mom got it for me for Christmas. )
1994- Sega Game Gear- Sears (I got for my birthday)
1996- Nintendo 64- Kmart (I remember getting it a day early before the N64 was to launch. Kmart was selling them before launch. My mom and I went there and bought the last one they had. Stores do not sell consoles before launch anymore)
1999- Sega Dreamcast- EB Games
2001- Gameboy Advance- EB Games
2001- Nintendo Gamecube- FYE
2002- Playstation 2- EB Games
2002- Xbox- Best Buy
2003- Gameboy Advance SP- EB Games
2005- Xbox 360- Walmart
2006- Nintendo DS Lite- Circuit City
2006- Wii- Kmart
2007- PSP- Walmart
2007- Xbox 360 (Launch unit RROD)- Best Buy
2009- Playstation 3 Slim- Best Buy
2012- Wii U- gamestop.com
2013- Playstation Vita- Gamestop
2013- Playstation 4- amazon.com
2014- Xbox One- Nebraska Furniture Mart Online
2015- New Nintendo 3DS XL- Best Buy
2016- Playstation 4 Pro- bestbuy.com
2017- Nintendo Switch- bestbuy.com
2017- Xbox One X- bestbuy.com
2020- Playstation 5- walmart.com
2020- Xbox Series X- microsoft.com
2021- Oculus Quest 2- bestbuy.com (My wife bought it for my birthday)
The days of me waiting outside in the middle of the night at launch for a new console are over. I used to do it when I was younger, the last time I did it was back in 2006 during Wii launch at Kmart. I rather pre-order online now, it is much more convenient for me now.
Here is my console purchase history. Some of these I got as gifts. You will notice that some of these stores are out of business now.
1990- Nintendo Entertainment System- Lechmere (I remember this store when I was a kid. My mom took me to Lechmere when I was 8 years old to get a NES. The store is out of business now)
1992- Sega Genesis- Montgonery Ward ( Another store that closed dow. I got it for Christmas.)
1993- Super Nintendo- Service Merchandise (Another store that closed. My mom got it for me for Christmas. )
1994- Sega Game Gear- Sears (I got for my birthday)
1996- Nintendo 64- Kmart (I remember getting it a day early before the N64 was to launch. Kmart was selling them before launch. My mom and I went there and bought the last one they had. Stores do not sell consoles before launch anymore)
1999- Sega Dreamcast- EB Games
2001- Gameboy Advance- EB Games
2001- Nintendo Gamecube- FYE
2002- Playstation 2- EB Games
2002- Xbox- Best Buy
2003- Gameboy Advance SP- EB Games
2005- Xbox 360- Walmart
2006- Nintendo DS Lite- Circuit City
2006- Wii- Kmart
2007- PSP- Walmart
2007- Xbox 360 (Launch unit RROD)- Best Buy
2009- Playstation 3 Slim- Best Buy
2012- Wii U- gamestop.com
2013- Playstation Vita- Gamestop
2013- Playstation 4- amazon.com
2014- Xbox One- Nebraska Furniture Mart Online
2015- New Nintendo 3DS XL- Best Buy
2016- Playstation 4 Pro- bestbuy.com
2017- Nintendo Switch- bestbuy.com
2017- Xbox One X- bestbuy.com
2020- Playstation 5- walmart.com
2020- Xbox Series X- microsoft.com
2021- Oculus Quest 2- bestbuy.com (My wife bought it for my birthday)
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