Back in the day, I had an NES, SNES, and a Sega Genesis. (Never more than two at a time.) The NES broke. Don't remember what happened to the 16-bit consoles, I probably gave them away. Time passed. I didn't play any video games for years, until a friend got me to try Final Fantasy 6-8 and I got hooked, but only because I was semi-interested in video game programming. Then I got it in my head to play Final Fantasy X, and since I couldn't get an emulator working good enough I bought me a PS2. Half way though the game, though, I got bored, and ended up giving that console away as well.
I don't see myself buying any video game consoles in the future, not even when I have kids. I'll be a total disciplinarian parent - my kids will be too busy competing for an early admission into
Dartmouth to have any vegetative fun growing up! And the only TV channel we'll have in my house is the one broadcasting live feed of the
NH state legislature!
I can never be a leading member of the Free State Project myself, but I will raise my kids to be exactly that!
EDIT: nope, I'm only half-joking. Parents have the right to push their kids as hard as they see fit.