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A few years ago I had to sell my 2DS and my full Pokemon game collection, including a living dex on Alpha Sapphire, to make rent. I tried calling the store back to see if they had the Alpha Sapphire cartridge a month later, but they said it was against policy to allow me to run the games to see what was saved on each cartridge. Losing that one made me really sad.
My biggest regret was selling my original Game Boy to buy some HotWheels set. I got bored of it and always regretted selling the Game Boy. I recall some pressure from my parents about bad eyesight or something. I learned my lesson: never listen to my parents.
i actually regret getting rid of my wii u. it had a solid library of games and i sold it to gamestop to buy overwatch and a couple other games during a steam sale. only years later did i learn that the wii u is probably the best console for playing the entire nintendo catalogue. rip.
Man, that sucks. I recently bought one and I'm having a blast playing on it! It really is the best console to play the nintendo catalogue, it can also play a few DS games lol.
Maybe, one day you can repurchase one ;) I would say that now is the best moment as hacking it is super easy and prices are not that inflated.
I sold my Day 1 PS Vita a long time ago and I'm still pretty sad about that, it's not the same mind you.
But I have managed to hold onto pretty much every other game console I've ever owned.
I still have a bunch of my original consoles: NES, Genesis, Dreamcast. The only I don't still have are my PS1 (original, not the tiny One), N64, and Gamecube. PS upgraded to a PS2, and to be honest I never really played the N64 much. But the GC just kind of fell by the wayside and got lost. It had such amazingly unique games, but just was overlooked (even by me at the time) because it just didn't match up graphically and didn't really have the 1st or 3rd party support it needed.
Had to burn off a Sega Saturn with a huge collection of games, a Virtual Boy, and a top loader NES back when I was in deep financial trouble. Practically killed me.
I still have all mine. But I never play them. I mess with emulators though.
I returned a Gameboy Micro. I really want one now and I could have just kept mine from back then
I have never sold a console. I have frustratingly lost a few handhelds, which sucks.
I slightly regret not keeping a large CRT, but honestly those things are stupidly heavy and made of glass. I did score some small CRTs at flea markets awhile back, which is more than enough for the novelty.
I slightly regret selling my Wii U to get a Switch but I think there's still time to backpedal on that one without it being a huge loss.
I regret getting rid of my Wii, only because that’s the one I’m missing to complete my Nintendo home console collection. I had initially sold it because the Wii U played Wii games, but it would be nice to have it back for a complete set.
I ain't getting rid of my PSX.
Not retro, but I sold my Nintendo DS, and copy of Platinum and Heart Gold for like $30 in high school. Probably got McDonald's with the money. I regret it so much.
I have the same regret, I gave my N64 to a family friend in the late 90s. However, I later bouught a replacement N64 with two new-in-box gold controllers so I can still get my GoldenEye fix.
I had curated perfect-to-me PS1 and PS2 game collections, and had the later, smaller versions of both systems. Both whole collections fit in a bread box, but I gave both away to save space. I cannot believe how much I regret that.
My mom sent my Wii to family in the Dominican Republic, that was at the peak of Brawl... child me was never so upset.
I can't recall a console I sold that I particularly regrets selling, but only because I never really lost out on anything. It's not like I can't still play my favorite games or anything. Also, I eventually reacquired the consoles I sold over time, not particularly out if regret, but out of the desire to share the experience with others in the future.
Though, I did sell a Retron5 that I had, it was the SNES Grey version. While it wasn't exactly a retro console, it was pretty cool being able to consolidate all those retro consoles into one single device, and it looked pretty sleek too. I plan to check out a PolyMega sometime soon, I like their modular console idea a lot.
My Atari 2600 with 80+ games. Only because I saw it sold for like $40k decades later lol.