What do you do with your game consoles when they are no longer the current generation?

 

Mine are stored somewhere. Every once in a while I do pull out my N64.

I or lose it or give it away to someone who wants it. I don't remember selling one, but it wouldn't surprise me if I did.

I generally store them. There's always something I'll want to play on the previous gen, although when they release HD versions, that makes it tough to justify going back to the original. And when you go multiple gens back, well...

I had them in my room in my old house, but then lots of things were stolen, along with a few of my consoles.

Currently I still have my NES, GCN, PS2 and 3, GBA, Wii.

I do nothing with them. My handhelds are around on one shelf or another (GBA, PSP, DSi... lol and my Vita). I still use my PS3 as I have a backlog so that's still plugged in. My PS2 is gathering dust however.

 

I'm not one to simply give up my consoles as I'd rather keep onto them.

Put it on a shelf in my room or leave it plugged in for me to play it later

The most logical decision for me is to sell them. It's pretty much the norm nowadays too with tech constantly getting updated at a fast rate.

I'll either store them if I think I might want to come back to them and use them again someday, or I'll sell them if I think I'm not going to use them anymore, and I can get a decent amount from selling to put towards a newer console. It really depends on the console for me. 

Are you kidding; I still play on my old consols!  The only one that isn't plugged in is my NES, so that's the only one that's being stored.

My N64,Wii and PS3 are still connected to my TV ready to boot whenever I want to use them and my GBA,DS and PSP are stored in my closet.

We do none of those. Believe me, if you asked my brother about that, he'd be like:

 

"What? Get RID of them?! You don't just 'get rid of a game console'. There's still a few Legend of Zelda games I never finished!"

 

The only console/devices we stored were the Game Boy Color, (not mine, but my dad's) and the VSmile.

 

 

 

 

Yes, you heard me right. The VSmile.

 

 

Rock on!

I would store it...and 30 years later sell it. 

You get more money that way  

i wil never sell my lastgen my ps2 is in turkey and my ps3 are in denmark

Edited May 16, 20169 yr by Serife Isik

Keep them. Keep. Them. All.

I still actually play my old consoles as much as my new ones. I like to go back to a classic game and relive what my childhood held. Plus, I still love to play games that weren't remade or became a remake or even got on a virtual console title, like Pokemon Stadium and Pokemon Stadium 2! Those are great games that make me want to play older games again.

Well, considering I have quite a few old consoles, such as the Game Boy Advance, the Wii, the PSP, Playstation 2 and Playstation 3, I dedicate as much time as I'm able to them, even though I'm using the 3DS and PS4 more often, ya know?  But yeah, I've been playing with my PS2 recently, as I've been playing Lego Star Wars: The Video Game!

I still like to burst out the old ps2 & dreamcast every now and then. But to be fair, if playstation had backward compatibly options I probably wouldn't have kept my ps2 this long. I'm just happy nintendo is pretty generous with backward compatibility in their consoles.

Edited May 16, 20169 yr by Eternalsleep

i keep em. my PS2, PS3 and PS4 are all next to each other ready for use. besides, i still buy PS2 and PS3 games because i missed out on some of the good ones so there's no reason for me to get rid of them. 

 

i figure i'll hold on to them so if i ever have kids i can let them experience gaming from an era when video games were made with more than profits in mind.

I still play my old PS2 (mainly cause I can't get a new console...) And I still think it's amazing.

into the closet they go

I still use them. Too many great games that I'd be leaving behind if I sold/stored them. I'm even planning on building up a respectable SNES collection over Summer, so that one's definitely going to get plenty of use soon.

I still use my PS3, alongside my PS4.

Store it. It's the current generation and I still use my PS2 and 3 more than my PS4.

I store it. I still have my ps2 & 3.

keep it never know when i want to play someting  thats not remade or put into a dlc

Store it. I mean, backwards compatibility is just a myth these days anyway.