# What are your video gaming platforms? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 25, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031 "2009-10-25T03:35:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/1 "2009-10-25T03:35:30Z")
Interpret “video game” to mean any genre of any competitive or similar activity on any electronic platform. PC only here. Poll is public, multiple choices allowed. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/2 "2009-10-25T03:42:19Z")
**Recent Systems:** Xbox 360 Wii Nintendo DS (phat and Lite) **Older ones I also have:** NES SNES Nintendo 64 PlayStation 2 Dreamcast GameBoy Gameboy Color Gameboy Advance (both the original and SP) ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/3 "2009-10-25T16:10:47Z")
The one I had to think about was the PC. I don’t buy video games or it any more, although I download little games or play online ones. I prefer sitting on a couch or recliner while playing games. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/4 "2009-10-25T17:08:42Z")
I would have put “Internet Browser” as a separate choice, as PC is too broad a category otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/5 "2009-10-25T17:41:56Z")
PC and Mac are separate choices, but DS and PSP are lumped together? Someone’s bias is showing… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/6 "2009-10-25T18:49:13Z")
Okay, from now on I’ll have a meta thread before I start another poll where we can hash out the poll choices to death first, before a single vote is counted, mmkay? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/7 "2009-10-25T18:58:32Z")
I use my PC for almost all of my gaming, but I have my PS2, (original) XBox, and SNES hooked up and ready to go. I keep considering buying a PS3 and/or maybe a 360, but neither seems to have enough of my type of game to justify buying one. I really can’t get into portable gaming systems. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/8 "2009-10-25T18:59:19Z")
Dang. I selected WAAY too many: PC, Mac, 360, Orig Xbox, Wii, iPhone, DS. ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/9 "2009-10-25T19:15:15Z")
PC and NDS here. I don’t really see why I’d need more, since there are already way too many good PC and NDS games I’ll never end up playing. I do like the NDS for its portability and easy access to Spanish versions of games… ---
**Author:** ![Otanx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Otanx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otanx)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/10 "2009-10-25T21:15:13Z")
My current games for the platforms PC - WoW PS3 - Currenlty the new Wolf 3D, have new Ninja Gideon waiting. 360 - Guitar Hero Wii - Raving Rabbits PSP - Sudoku, and Poker game DS - That brain game can’t remember the title cell phone - Little race car game I also own an original XBox, Super Nintendo, orignal Nintendo, Game Boy, Sega Genesis with Sega CD. None of those are connected, and the Nintendo is actually in pieces. -Otanx ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/11 "2009-10-25T21:24:53Z")
PC only. I don’t play that often either. ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/12 "2009-10-25T22:17:03Z")
PC, PS2 and Xbox360 are all used presently. Were I to open old, dusty boxes I could also play SNES, NES, PS1 and Gameboy (original) games. @\*\*Otanx \*\*: Ninja Gideon. I am stealing that 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/13 "2009-10-25T22:33:09Z")
PC. I stopped playing console games when I was 14 or so. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/14 "2009-10-26T01:18:13Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Okay, from now on I’ll have a meta thread before I start another poll where we can hash out the poll choices to death first, before a single vote is counted, mmkay? :rolleyes: This seems like a bad idea to me. Maybe you should run a poll to see if others think your meta thread is a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/15 "2009-10-26T04:59:57Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Okay, from now on I’ll have a meta thread before I start another poll where we can hash out the poll choices to death first, before a single vote is counted, mmkay? :rolleyes: > [@ZenBeam](#): > > This seems like a bad idea to me. Maybe you should run a poll to see if others think your meta thread is a good idea. Har har har. The point remains, the Mac has no gaming presence, it’s all year old ports from the PC and WoW. Hardly enough to be considered a separate platform. The DS and the PSP on the other hand are very distinct systems that mechanically cannot overlap their libraries in any way. Lumping them together is bias, whether you want to accept my joke in good humor or not. ---
**Author:** ![BomTek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bomtek/32/21364_2.png) [@BomTek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BomTek)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/16 "2009-10-26T07:45:36Z")
Currently: Wii DS Lite PC NES, SNES, PlayStation Formerly: Atari 2600 Game Boy Pocket Nintendo 64 Game Boy Advance/SP/micro (yeah, I had a micro… still do, actually, but I don’t actually play it, what with the DS being able to play all those games with a much bigger screen) XBox … I think that’s it. ETA: Trying to sell the wife on a PS3 strictly for the Blu-Ray player. A decent current-gen racing game would be a bonus for me 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Wheeljack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@Wheeljack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheeljack)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/17 "2009-10-26T15:01:31Z")
Currently: PC (DOS) Genesis, Saturn NES, SNES, N64, Wii/Gamecube, original Game Boy Colecovision w/2600 adapter The Wii is the only modern system that I own, and all I do with it is play NGC games and Virtual Console games that I can’t find or afford the actual carts for. I’m a fuddy-duddy. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/18 "2009-10-26T15:21:04Z")
> [@BomTek](#): > > ETA: Trying to sell the wife on a PS3 strictly for the Blu-Ray player. A decent current-gen racing game would be a bonus for me 🆒 Yeah, that’s the “reason” my husband used, too. 😛 We did have issues with our last DVD player at the time, so it’s not totally outrageous. Fortunately, we’re both gamers; I use it for Rock Band 2 and The Beatles: Rock Band. He’s been playing Bioshock lately. Game on PC, PS3, Wii, DSi. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/19 "2009-10-26T15:47:21Z")
PS2 which you can pry from my cold dead hands, XBox 360 Wii, Gamecube, which is rather obselete now with the Wii, but I still have it. Perhaps I’ll try to trade it in? and PC Though I vastly prefer console gaming. I am sick unto death of having to upgrade my PC often enough to try and keep up with the new games. I like controllers, and I just love consoles and tend to think they are the future of gaming. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2009, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031/20 "2009-10-26T17:10:19Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Har har har. The point remains, the Mac has no gaming presence, it’s all year old ports from the PC and WoW. Hardly enough to be considered a separate platform. The DS and the PSP on the other hand are very distinct systems that mechanically cannot overlap their libraries in any way. Lumping them together is bias, whether you want to accept my joke in good humor or not. Or just an oversight where malice never existed. Next time I make a poll I’ll go sit on top of a mountaintop for 5 years, making sure it is absolutely 100% perfect first before I come back down. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-video-gaming-platforms/515031.md?page=2)