What was your primary console in each generation

[Gamerforlife]

5th gen:Playstation by far. I have a HUGE PS1 library and maybe a little more than a handful of N64 titles. I didn't get into the Saturn until long after it was dead

The funny thing is I got a saturn way back in 1995 before the PS was released... I was a Sega fanboy at the time, but once I got the PS on christmas of 96, my bias changed forever!!! I still miss my Saturn with a passion though!!! Nothing could play Street Fighter Alpha 1 and 2 better!!!

True, the Playstation versions weren't bad though. I played the hell out of the Playstation version of SF Alpha 2, mostly with Ken, Ryu and sometimes Guy(he's such a badass).

[t0yrobo]

I've never owned a current gen system till the 360.
I was all PC till a little after the PS2 came out, when I bought a PSone. I still frequently gamed on my PC till about 3 years ago.
The PSOne got traded for a Dreamcast sometime well after the system was dead but Gamestop still carried them.
My roommate had a Gamecube and Xbox while they were current so I never bothered with those, instead I bought a SNES and a Saturn. I finally bought a PS2 when the price dropped to $150 whenever that was.
In 2006(?) I bought a Xbox, and a bit later a Genesis. The Xbox was my main console till last year. It got near constant use with XBMC and emulators. In the last 2 years I've gotten rid of the SNES, got a 360, and a Gamecube.
I'll be adding a PS3 shortly, and hopefully a JP360 a few months later.

[JordanPlayer]

late 80's: NES
early 90's - mid/late 90's: SNES & Genesis (Somehow ended up with both)
late 90's early 2000's: N64
Mid 2000's: Gamecube + PC (built my own and got into online gaming quite a bit)
Present Day: Wii (Bought on launch day), got XBox 360 and PS3 3 years after Wii (Fall 2009)

[Yiddishpilot]

Intellivision
Nes
Genesis
PS1
PS2
360

I would like to point out that I was/am a huge Dreamcast dude but it didn't have the same lifespan as the PS2.

[SegaDreamscape]

The only previous gen console that i got while it was still in its lifespan was my Dreamcast. Every other console i got a lot later than all my friends for some reason. I remember being allowed to take the day off school to go into town and pick it up my preordered system on the launch day.

In contrast to my parents being cool enough to do that, the only reason i got my saturn after its lifespan is because they got me one in 98 just before Sega stopped to concentrate on the DC and kept it wrapped up in christmas wrapping paper on the living room table to wind me up from about September until christmas when i was allowed to open it.

I got my Nes in about 95 and only a couple of years before that i was still loading cassettes in my spectrum. Pretty much every other console i own ive picked up in the last five years.

[msimplay]

C64/Amstrad/Spectrum - Amstrad CPC friends house
NES/MS - Master System - It got stolen which led to the next one
Gameboy - Was my main and only gaming console
SNES/GEN/TG - SNES
N64/PS1/SS - Sega Saturn
Dreamcast - I had one in it's prime
GC/PS2/Xbox - tie, GC+PS2+XBOX (was following Sega after the fall of dreamcast)
Wii/PS3/360 - Wii/360

[Reprise]

Sega Megadrive
skipped a generation
Sega Dreamcast (and then bought a Saturn and N64 on the cheap)
Nintendo Gamecube
Have no interest in the current generation and probably the next.*

*That said, my family bought a Wii. I don't own any games for it though and pretty much never play it.

[ZeroAX]

Early 90s Arcade gaming Remember that?
96 Sega Mega Drive 2
96-2000 Gameboy / Gameboy Color
2000-2002 PC gaming
2002-2004 Gamecube with a little bit of Gameboy Advance
2004-2007 PC gaming with a little bit of DS
2007-2008 Wii / DS lite / PC gaming
2008-2010 PS3 / PC gaming

[Reprise]

I just noticed I put the Dreamcast and Gamecube as seperate generations...

Technically they're from the same generation, but it's weird thinking of it like that

The Dreamcast had pretty much died by the time the Gamecube and Xbox had come out, and a lot of the games on the GC and XB feel like a generation above what the Dreamcast showcased.

The Dreamcast was an anomaly, but it still remains my favourite console.

[alienjesus]

3rd Gen: Master System. Didn't have a NES. I do now, but i still prefer the master system for the most part.

4th Gen: Mostly Mega Drive. I had a SNES, but the only great game I had for it was Donkey Kong Country 3, and man cannot live on DKC3 alone.

5th Gen: N64. The only console I owned, and at the time, the only one I was interested in. I did enjoy the occasional play of Crash Bandicoot and Tekken 2 on my cousins playstation though. Bought a Saturn recently, but need to get some more games for it.

6th Gen: Gamecube. One of my favourite consoles of all time. Only recently acquired a PS2, havent got around to getting an XBox yet.

7th Gen: Wii. I love this thing, despite the hate it gets. The XBox and PS3 both have stuff that interests me, but not enough to justify the price yet. I'd probably get a PS3 next, but that can wait a year or 7 til they're affordable XD.



As for handhelds, I went for the Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Colour, Game Boy Advance, DS line like everyone else probably did. I love my DSi too.
I bought a NGPC recently though, and it's great, and I want to get a PSP now all the best games are dirt cheap.