Of all the systems you have owned, which one were you MOST hyped for?

The last time that happened for a console for me was the Dreamcast. It was the first of that next-generation of console that was such a massive leap forward in 3d graphics from all the limitations of the PS1/N64. It was built-off Windows CE, the memory cards doubled as mini-Game-Boys, had an ethernet jack for playing Phantasy Star Online, a slew of fantastic arcade ports, weird games like Space Channel 5 + Seaman, stylish games like Jet Set Radio, graphical benchmarks like Shenmue, etc.

I know the PS2 was massive, but I wasn't that impressed at the start because some games just struggled to use the emotion engine well, but after the 1st year it was an easy buy for me. Last time I felt any hype was the Xbox 360 because of Gears of War 1 + Xbox Live feeling the a cool step forward for online gaming on consoles.
 
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PS3

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PS3 had hype but was a letdown for me because it came long after Xbox 360 and didn't deliver a noticeable leap in power. The big jump had already happened a year earlier.

Same thing with PS2 arriving after Dreamcast. Many games even looked worse on PS2, lots of jaggies and no PAL60 making it quite awful early on in euro land.
 
Probably Super Nintendo. After popping my gaming cherry with Atari, once I moved to Nintendo and they started talking about SNES, my hype went through the roof. Me and my friends used to walk up to the local shopping center every day to play the SNES kiosk they had at a place called Video Express (family owned Blockbuster type place). It was just so magical. I mowed a lot of lawns that year to save up for it with my parents matching me some on the money. I felt similar with ps5, but Covid fucked that all up and my life went into a tailspin, to where once it released I didn't care much about anything really.
 
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PS3 was indeed hype, and it was an absolute delight hyping myself up, the magazines were there






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That ps3 hype was a different level

 
PSP because playing all these hi-quality games on the go blew my mind.

PS4 because it had Bloodborne and I was a broke university student when it came out so had to wait to start my 1st job to buy the game and consoles.
 
People saying PS2, I just don't get it. It had like zero games at launch. I got mine, not on launch day but a few weeks later, and then I realized there was nothing to buy for it. I ended up getting Madden and then I looked online and the general consensus was the best launch game was SSX so I went and bought that and it was very good, but I did not feel the hype at all.

I was definitely more Hyped for the Dreamcast the year prior. Soul Calibur was a killer app.

Most hyped for? Might be Dreamcast. I was pretty hyped for Playstation 4 as well, but that was more about how Sony masterfully curb stomped microsoft at E3 that year and not so much the launch games.
 
GameCube. First console I bought myself. Went out of town early morning with my parents to grab one at the nearest Media Markt.
 
Nothing will quite compare to the launch madness of the playstation 2, despite the launch games being quite mid in hindsight. I think I got smugglers run, midnight club amd Orphen.

I whitnessed some crazy shit go down at the Electronics Boutique where I bought it from. People were outside in fucking tents, for 2 days leading up to the release. People skipped food to not leave the line, I remember someone had their mum drive to the local greggs and clear out steak bakes and sausage rolls to share with everyone in the line.

Those times are long gone now tbh
 
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Nintendo Switch, the first time I saw it I was shocked at how such a thing could even exist especially after Wii U, and it didn't disappoint what a glorious year 2017 was for games.
 
PlayStation 2 was insane. I read every single damn video game magazine a hundred times, analyzing every page in detail. The launch was reported in TV news. The console itself looked physically like a space ship. And it had DVD capability. The graphics looked so good.

Any other console after that had nothing like it.
 
Dreamcast. Was (still is) a great system and ran games almost arcade-perfect. So much originality and there were so many games across so many genres. So many great games.
 
Playstation 1, my brother and i wanted it for Christmas, got it with Crash Bandicoot 1 and Fifa World Cup 98, what a Christmas Day that was!

Every console post PS1 we traded for it.
 
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PS1. The UK PR blitz that was heavy on Wipeout and Destruction Derby filled me with anticipation. Coupled with the fact that I could see what aleap forward from my SNES it would, at least graphically, be. I also knew that there would be a lot of "arcade perfect" namco games coming soon after launch. Couldn't have been more hyped.

And you know what...it essentially lived up to it.
 
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PS1 hype was real but I hadn't planned to get one straightaway - that was until the guy working in Dixons that day showed me that you could load Ridge Racer, remove the disc, then play your own cds while playing the game. I bought it right there and then.
 
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