Stiq Figures, March 3 - 9: Favorite special consoles edition
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When you want a console near its launch, it's less about what color it is and more about getting your hands on one. I've only waited in a launch line once - my friends and I scoped out the store we thought was least likely to get swarmed during the Wii's cultural roar. Six hours later, we walked away clutching our Wii Sports and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess machines.
Paying full price means playing right away, but it usually takes a year or two for a console to debut in a new shade or be re-imagined as a slimmer, cheaper version of the original hardware. Extra colors and limited additions are always neat to look at, but other than the Ice Blue Nintendo 64 I bought to play The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, I've mostly passed by limited runs of consoles. Why bother if I already own one, right?
That's the logical stance anyway, but sometimes a company prints your favorite character on a system and then, well ... you buy one. I have a perfectly fine launch 3DS, but I'm not going to lie - the XL's bigger screens and extra hand room feel like great upgrades. I see myself using the original for travel, while I keep the Yoshi XL safe and sound at home.
There are a ton of special edition consoles out there though, and I'd put money on our readers having some awesome, out-of-the-ordinary gaming machines. Were you smart enough to pick up a Pikachu XL before the prices evolved into straight nonsense, or are you still plugging away at your Pikachu-themed Nintendo 64? Maybe a console modification has won you over, or you've made your own? Tell (and show, if possible!) us about them once you check out this week's Japanese hardware sales after the break!
[Image: Joystiq]
PS4: 35,294 [DOWN] 30,391
Vita: 31,325 [UP] 9,744
3DS LL: 24,192 [DOWN] 1,835
PS3: 12,102 [DOWN] 1,053
3DS: 10,876 [DOWN] 1,110
Wii U: 7,773 [DOWN] 431
PSP: 3,425 [DOWN] 227
Vita TV: 1,962 [UP] 419
Xbox 360: 300 [UP] 43
