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wraithzero:
I've always gotten a new console when one game jumped out at me, something that convinced me that it was worth the extra money and hassle with my dad to buy another console to add to the pile in my room, and I think most people are the same.

So, what games were the systems sellers for you?
Mine were (in order of purchase):
SNES:  A tie between Mario World and Zelda.
N64:  I wanted one from the moment I saw Mario 64, but I had to wait for the price to come down.
PS1:  FFVII.
Dreamcast:  Soul Calibur.
PS2:  Time Crisis 2 (I've always been a sucker for light-gun games).  The fact that GTA3 came out a week later was a happy coincidence, as I'd heard nothing about the game.
GC:  Metroid Prime.
Xbox:  Knights of the Old Republic.
Wii:  Wii Sports and Zelda.

360 is getting added to the list next week, as I don't think I'm going to be able to resist Bioshock.

0bsessions:
It's rarely been one game that tipped it for me. I've never seen a real "killer app" that made a system a must have for me. Price is significantly more of a factor than any one game; price and a few really impressive looking games.

NES: Everyone had one, really. I still don't know why exactly my parents got it for us.
Genesis: Honestly, I asked for it 'cause it looked like the cooler one and my best friend had an SNES already. I was like nine or ten.
SNES: The fact some dude in the Want Ads was selling it for $50 with Mario World and a pair of controllers. Too good a deal to really pass up.
Nintendo 64: This was the first one where one game came into play over anything else. I bought it at launch for Mario 64.
Playstation: My brother actually bought this one. I think he got it for Crash Bandicoot. I wanted one for Resident Evil.
Dreamcast: I'm pissed at Eidos for this one to this day. It came down in price to $99, so I bought it for Soul Reaver 2 and Resident Evil: Code Veronica. Eidos then cancelled the Dreamcast version of Soul Reaver 2 a mere month before it was supposed to hit and I don't think I've ever felt more fucked by a game developer. Fortunately, other developers made the system worthwhile and I got my $100 worth through Skies of Arcadia and Grandia II (And to an extent, Shenmu, which I was again fucked on the sequel). Essentially, I bought the console for a game that was cancelled and Resident Evil.
Playstation 2: I bought it after the first price drop primarily for Final Fantasy X (Which was an excessive disappointment) and Soul Reaver 2. The thing subsequently collected dust for me until Suikoden III came out.
Gamecube: By that point, I'd learned my lesson. By the time I bought a Gamecube, it was $100 and Metroid Prime, Resident Evil 0, Resident Evil remake and Rogue Squadron 2 were out with Wind Waker soon on its way. Wind Waker was probably the primary motivator, but I waited for a slew of titles.
Wii: The only console since N64 I bought at launch. Nintendo's really the only company I trust to deliver enough first party entertainment (I learned never to trust third parties after the SR 2 debacle and the bullshit with RE 4's "exclusivity") to rationalize the purchase. I bought it for the controller's potential more than any one game as the only launch game I was interested in was available on Gamecube anyway.

I'll be buying an Xbox 360 soon due to Dead Rising, Gears of War, Guitar Hero 3 and the price drop.

ScrambledGregs:
I've never bought a console for just one game. However, there have been certain games that tipped my hand from "I'll pick this up someday" to "I'll go get this now."

NES: Parents bought it for one of my birthdays. It was the pack that came with a second controller, Zapper, and the SMB/Duck Hunt cart. Now that's a system bundle!!

Genesis: For some reason, my sister and I were really into beat-em-ups, so we had to get this for Streets of Rage 2 and Golden Axe 2. However, we also liked Sonic.

SNES: Chrono Trigger. I was a late adopter to the SNES because the Genesis was satisfying enough to me for a long time. But Chrono Trigger was just too good to pass up. I subsequently went back and picked up Final Fantasy 3 (well, VI) and Earthbound.

N64: Foolishly assuming this would continue the legacy of the SNES, I picked one up the summer of '97 when Star Fox 64 came out. I still have that insane video that Nintendo sent out to advertise the game, and I recall having to paint the shed at our old house to get the console and Star Fox 64.

Playstation: An inability to find Ocarina of Time in the winter of '98, along with a horrible famine of RPGs on the N64, led me to finally break down and buy a PS1. The game I bought it for was Xenogears, weirdly enough, though I did pick up a ton of games alongside it.

Dreamcast: Shen Mue. Quite simply, that game looked and was the most advanced and amazing thing I'd ever seen. This was the one time I blindly bought a console without knowing what else I wanted for it. Thankfully it had a pretty decent library then and afterward.

PS2: This is going to sound stupid, but Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance. I was and am a huge Diablo fan, so this game was up my alley. I bought it before I even had a PS2, even. Yet there was also Final Fantasy X, which my friend got for Christmas and all I did one night was watch him play it for 6 hours straight.

GBA: Castlevania: Circle of the Moon. I was and am a huge Symphony of the Night whore, so the idea they were doing a spiritual successor to it made me buy a GBA soon after launch. Super Mario Advance 1 was also really damn good, though.

Gamecube: My parents got me this for Christmas along with Rogue Squadron II, Pikmin, and Smash Brothers Melee. People make fun of all Nintendo consoles for having a weak launch and software library in its first few months, but Gamecube was different. Pikmin and Smash Brothers came out a few weeks after the launch but before Christmas, so there were at least three games you had to have for Gamecube by the end of 2001.

Xbox: A combination of Fable and Halo 2 put me over the edge. Sure, there was KOTOR 1 and a handful of other good-to-great titles, but Fable and Halo 2 were crucial to the Xbox entering my household.

DS: I wasn't completely sold on the DS until I played New Super Mario Bros. and realized that it wasn't just going to be niche stuff and gimmicky non-games like Nintendogs. So I came full circle from my parents getting me a NES with Super Mario Bros. to getting a DS (Lite) for New Super Mario Bros.

Baggy:
NES - me and my sister begged my parents for it for a long long time, and eventually they got it for us.
Super NES - All my friends had one, so I told my parents all I wanted for my birthday and nothing else was a super NES.  and I got it.
Playstation - My neighbor had one and I hung out at his house all the time.  I started to love it and finally got one...somehow.  Probably a gift since I was too young for a job then.
Playstation 2 - Well I loved the amazing-ness that was Playstation, and I think I finally had a job at this point (it might have just been mowing lawns or working at panera) and I saved up and bought it.

Wow that's the last one I owned.  I never really bought a system for one game come to think of it.  My roommate now owns a wii, and we jointly own a 360, but he's going to buy my half from me when we move out.  and I call myself a gamer!

hellion:
Fatal Fury Special convinced me that I HAD to have a Neo-Geo.
The rest of the Fatal Fury games, KoF, & Some of the shooters (Blazing Star!!!) convinced me to keep it.

RE4 & Auto Modellista made me get a GC.
Everything else just kinda drifted in & out.

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