How many users buy games for systems they don't own

I only buy games for PC, kinda gave up after buying ps1/2/3 , enough is enough, having to buy a new console to play newly released games or waiting for them to be ported to the old console sucks, and i can just DL SP games for pc which saves money so yeay PC \o/

Only thing I buy on console's are the exclusives, everything I can grab at PC is bought there

My goal is to have the ability to play any game I get my hand on, but there's a few I don't have as of yet. Having a game for a system I don't have, just serves as a reminder that I need to try to get that system.

Well, I had a DS then I sold it but I still have the games, that counts?

I bought skyward sword just to use for my cousins WiiU

A couple yrs ago, when one my friends told me he was going to get me a PS3 for my bday, I got online, after talking to a couple friends that owned one and had similar taste in things as I do, and got Dragon Age: Origins, the special edition one with Awakening and all the extra stuff. That was like 2 months before I got it.

I will still on the rare occasion buy a PS1 game if the price is right, because despite not having a PS1, it is compatible with the PS2 and PS3 I have. Right before I knew I was going to get a PSP for myself at xmas, I got on ebay and amazon and bought several games.

Same friend got me a Kindle Fire HDX for Xmas this past yr. Amazon's Andriod/Kindle store has a daily free app (I have an Android phone also). So I will check it out on the website everyday, and if any look vaguely interesting or I think the kids might like it, just "buy" it, then have it just stored on the cloud. So I have a couple hundred apps or close to it, that I have yet to use or may never. But I like knowing that there is a huge choice waiting if I ever need or want it. So not really a "buy before having it" but similar in concept.

Why? Why buy anything beyond pc? Why game on a sofa instead of your dark private room? Is there better gaming then one alt-tab away from all interwebs and all the pr0n and all your digital music? Why? Why give money to those devil-dealers that turn some awesome games in evilish exclusives? Why, WHY?!?!!1!?

Id rather make Gabe more rich

At first I was like "that's so dumb why would any one do that?"
Then I remembered how i bought Red Steel back in the early days of the nintendo wii. At the time I wasn't really playing any games and I got caught up in the idea of motion controls. Fortunately I didn't go thru with my purchase and gave the game to my friend. I know there were a few good wii games, i just think i would have regretted buying one.

why should i buy games if i cant play them?

Might as well wait till you got the system to buy games, everything gets cheaper eventually, unless its a company that limits amount of games, forget which but a couple do this...

I did that with the Gamecube, for example I bought on release date Fire Emblem: Awakening and I started it a couple of weeks ago. Ive had some games like that for a while even though I didnt have a cube. Now that I have a Wii I can play em.

Also got Crisis Core for PSP and I dont have a PSP. Not many games but I did buy them knowing I could not be able to play em any time soon.

Some people want to be legit when they emulate so they buy original games :)

I bought Wii U games before I got a Wii U, and I was tempted to buy Persona 4 for PS Vita even though I don't own one yet. Still planning on it, if someday Persona 4 Golden doesn't end up on PSN sometime.

I only buy PC games.

I've bought some '64 games to collect, only if they're sealed and in mint condition.

I have some PS2 and 3 games and have yet to own any PS-series system, games such as Resident Evil: Code Veronica X, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (I beat the Wii version and LOVE the POP series so got the PS3 version in hopes of owning the system one day to play it. Yes, the game is THAT different), Prince of Persia, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. I don't do Xbox like that because I don't like the Xbox series systems.

I occasionally buy games in bundles that work only on vista (I use GNU/Linux and I got winxp for legacy games).

Here is a good offer for a rare game, buy it now then play it later when you get a SNES :P

When I lived with friends who had consoles I sometimes bought games at bargain prices to play on their consoles, although that isn't really the same thing.

I don't own or have any plans to buy an Xbox One, but I've "purchased" every Games with Gold freebie, 'cause why not

I've never purchased a game for a platform I don't own.

I literally just received Metro Redux on PS4 from Amazon... Wish I had a PS4 to play it on lol

I do buy things i cannot run on my pc.Maybe shouda saved the money for an upgrade.

well do ps4 and vita games I get with the psn plus count? :3

I usually do not buy games for systems I do not own except if they are a great deal and I'm going to buy the platform anyway