Multiple Consoles

[Tetra's Wink]

How do you guys go about having multiple games consoles? Do you have them all set up/unpacked simultaneously? Or do you have 1 set up at a time, with the others packed away in their boxes?

 

[Chiraku]

See, I don't have multiple consoles... yet. But when I do, both will probably be left out for convenience's sake.

 

[Krazy4Krash]

I have most plugged into the same TV, in the living room. It's five years old, but I favour it over the more recent one because it has composite ports for my PS1. It has a whole lot of component and HDMI ports for other consoles, as well as the capture cards I use.

 

[Tetra's Wink]

See, I don't have multiple consoles... yet. But when I do, both will probably be left out for convenience's sake.

Same here. I just have a Wii U. I thought about getting a PS3 though (not a PS4 as the damn things are not backwards compatible), but having multiple consoles set up has always annoyed me with the amount of wires and stuff! lol. It's hard to find the space too.

If only final fantasy games were for nintendo.

 

[Mercedes]

I usually try and get all the consoles, eventually. After a while you can pick them up, perhaps second-hand, really cheap, especially when there are new models out, so I typically wait for that moment. By then there's a tonne of games too! And I just keep them out as long as they have games I want to play. As soon as there isn't, they get put away. Some I still have, some have been given away. We gave our Wii and all the games away to a local hospice last Christmas for instance. We don't have most of the old consoles since we used to like playing Mario Kart and breaking out the N64 to do just that, but now we just lug a PC into the front-room, plug 4 Xbox 360 controllers in and emulate it. Works like a charm!

 

[misskitten]

I have my N64, Wii and X-box 360 all set up with my TV in the livingroom, but due to not enough ports on my TV, I have to disconnect one in order to plug in another. That way I can play whichever I feel like when I feel like it. I plan to at some point upgrade it, and when I do I plan to move the one I have now into my bedroom and put the new one in the livingroom - and since I plan on getting a Wii U and a PS3 I will then probably have a couple with my old TV (like N64 and Wii) and a couple with my new one (Wii U, 360 & PS3).

I see no point in having consoles packed away, because then they just won't get played...

 

[Turo602]

I have at least 3 consoles plugged in and a 4th set up that I only plug in when I use it. Unfortunately, that's all the space I have so my N64 is boxed up.

 

[Heroine of Winds]

I leave all my consoles out since I always play on them. There's really no need for me to put them away in boxes.

 

[Salem]

i have them in groups, and they are set up in two different tvs.

 

[Skunk]

I have a Wii and PS3, at my mom and dad's respectively, and I thinks it's fine to have multiple consoles unpacked 'n such.

 

[43ForceGems]

N64 on our crappy old tv
Gamecube and Wii U on our family room tv
Xbox on the 55"

 

[CraptainFalcon]

My PS3's out in the open, same with my Wii (although it's collecting dust now cause no one plays on it anymore).

 

[Blue Canary]

Well, because I have no money, I don't have multiple consoles. But if I did they would be unboxed and sitting in the same place. Getting them out of the box each time would be a hassle, especially considering a single game doesn't hold my attention that long.

 

[Curmudgeon]

Hooked up to TV:
XBox
Wii Netflix machine

In a box (by mandate of the wife - you have to pick your battles)
Atari, NES, SNES, N64, GC, PS2

 

[Zarah]

Right now in my living room connected to the big screen, I have my Wii set up. In my room on a semi smaller screen, I have my ps3 and gamecube hooked up.

That's all the consoles I have for the moment, and none of them will be boxed up anytime soon. If I need space, I'll just box up the dvd players instead