Nemoide wrote:My advice is to not worry about bringing any consoles with you. I remember brining my Gamecube with me for my Freshman year of college... I ended up playing it for about 20 minutes over the entire first semester (and then brought it home).
Really, you're probably not going to have time for serious gaming and if your dorm was anything like mine, space is going to be very limited. I didn't even use a TV for most of my college experience.
I'd say bring a handheld though. I got a DS while I was in college and that got plenty of use.
This mostly ends up being the truth. The only time my consoles got much use up at college was during get-togethers with friends, not for much serious playtime. My recommendation is to get a modded Xbox, 4 controllers, a bigger hard drive, install XBMC on the thing, then put all your emulators, games, movies, and music onto that hard drive, then you'll have something that isn't just a game machine, but a media center as well, which I am sure you will get a lot more use out of.
And you get to amuse people with some of the worst that retro gaming has to offer
