For a long time Ry and I had a PlayStation II as our primary gaming system. Then last year we got a Wii and had both for a while. This year we decided to consolidate down to just the Wii and sell off the of the PlayStation and our games.

It was a tough decision because there are still so many fun games on the PS2, but in the end of long discussion we decided it didn't make sense to have both, we just didn't play them enough to warrant two systems. Of course there are awesome games available for PS3 and xBox360, but I think we will hold off buying another system for a little while and stick with just the Wii.

How did we come to this conclusion?

We sat down after Christmas and talked about it for a while. We got a few items for the Wii as gifts and were excited to try them out. Looking at our collection of games we realized that we really didn't play the PS2 very often any more, even though it was still fun. Plus with the addition of the newer PS3 we knew that eventually the games would be phased out. We found Wii just more fun and overall "better" for our gaming habits. Plus we decided that we needed to "purge" our house and get rid of some clutter and things we didn't use for simplicity's sake. (Better to do this now than after 25 years of accumulation of Stuff.)

I think the answer on when to sell systems comes down to how much you still play them. I have an old GameBoy Color that I still play regularly (tetris, pacman, and Pokemon Red are my favorite games) and although it is much older than the PlayStation, I still enjoy it. I have not bought a Nintendo DS yet because I don't think I would use it enough to warrant the purchase even though they haven't made new games for the Color in years, but I keep the Color because I do play it on a semi-regular basis.

They still do make games for PS2, and it was a tough decision to let it go, but I think a wise one.

Do you have any video game systems? How many? How do you decide when to get a new one and get rid of the old?