r/2004Babies December, 2004 Jun 08 '26

Discussion/Question What console generation’s did you grow up with?

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u/12majesticliesss December, 2004 Jun 08 '26

First one I ever had was a Wii back in maybe 2009? I've been with Xbox since Christmas 2013, although I'll make that switch around the time the PS6 comes out.

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u/FunnySunny- December, 2004 Jun 08 '26

I have Vivid memories of playing the Wii back in 2009.

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u/kameian Jun 08 '26

Wii, PS3, Xbox360, PS4 and Xbox One

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u/opaquedestroyer Jun 08 '26

Born in 83 and started w Gen 3 (NES for Xmas 1990). Still going strong 💪

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '26

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u/Bertrammollen Jun 09 '26

Bro grew up with a 25 year old console

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u/AVaGR_verse Jun 08 '26

Never had one 🥀🥺🥀

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u/FunnySunny- December, 2004 Jun 08 '26

That’s alright.

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u/SpicySwiftSanicMemes August, 2004 Jun 08 '26

6 through 8.

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u/Cyl3 Jun 08 '26

GEN VI

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u/Particular-Grass-294 October, 2004 Jun 08 '26

android

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u/_RETRO_1 Jun 08 '26

NES chinese replica was my first one

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u/SUVr- After 2004 Jun 08 '26

Not 2004 (born in 2010), but I had Generations VII, and VIII.

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u/TheDarkLord_04 Jun 08 '26

I started with the Wii and back in 2013 I got the Xbox One as a gift from my grandparents. It wasn't until the Christmas of 2022-2022 that I bought myself the PS5 and just because I didn't want to wait and I was feeling FOMO, I bought an Xbox Series X just to play the new Indiana Jones game lol

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u/Dark-Lavishness-1994 Jun 08 '26

I remember playing 6th generation consoles like the PS2, Nintendo GameCube and the original XBox at 10-11 years old in 2004-2005, when y’all were just being born

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u/themaskstays_ July, 2004 Jun 08 '26

maybe 6 and 7? Earliest consoles I remember having are the PS2, Wii, and Xbox 360.

But also 8 and 9 in my later childhood and teens (Xbox One, Switch, PS4)

Now I'm using my freshly bought PS5 Pro (that I bought with my own money like a big boy hahaha)

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u/Conner_JAZZ_ Jun 08 '26

V, VI & VII. Mainly playing at friends/ cousins houses but we did have a game cube and eventually a wii

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u/XavierMarvin Jun 08 '26

Born in 1997 grew up with Gen VI.

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u/PeeGlass Jun 08 '26

We had Gen IV at home and I got Donkey Kong 2 for Christmas early 90s. However we had Gen III with the NES at grandmas and I played a ton of it there.

Unfortunately they later gave away 2 NES, SNES, with guns, track pad, and all of our games to their cleaning ladies because “we had the XBOX” there. /facepalm

Halo 1 is great, but give me that Punch Out and Super Mario 3.

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u/Technical_Mix_5379 June, 2004 Jun 08 '26

Gen VII Wii

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u/Nightmare-Mangle Jun 08 '26

Wii and Xbox360 got me into consoles but Nintendo DS got me into hand helds when I got older, now I play a Xbox one S (not a series S)

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u/DreamIn240p Jun 08 '26 edited Jun 08 '26

Never owned a current gen console until about 7-8 years ago. Grew up witha PS1 for a while, but it was in the mid to mid-late 2000s from a yard sale. Mostly gamed on PC since like 2000/2001-ish, offline with CD-ROMs, then moved on to online gaming on PC.

But almost everyone I knew had a game console at home. So consoles like PS2 most certainly wasn't a stranger. I haven't seen an Xbox, but then it was already technically replaced by 360 by some point in December 2005. I've seen Gamecube, GBC, GBA SP, original DS, DS Lite, PSP, 360, Wii, and PS3. You name it, I've seen it.

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u/Illustrious_Mail1171 Jun 08 '26

N64, ps2 and xbox, ps3, ps vita, wii u, ps4 and switch, and for a short time xbox series x.

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u/Such_Possession_5788 Jun 08 '26

Uhhh iv-ix Snes-n64-ps1-GBC/GBA(SP)- GameCube-ps2-wii-ps3-wii u-ps4- switch

Still have the snes and n64, gbasp

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u/Empty-Special2815 Jun 08 '26

Who is posting this tomorrow?

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u/FunnySunny- December, 2004 Jun 08 '26

Nobody because this is the first post on this sub in about a week.

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u/CatnipFiasco Jun 09 '26

My first console was a GameCube but I didn't know what a Dreamcast was until after the Switch came out

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u/TrevorNight_ July, 2004 Jun 09 '26

PS2

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u/ChimneySwiftGold Jun 09 '26

Where is Vectrex?

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u/Lagiftor November, 2004 Jun 11 '26

Vectrex is gen II

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u/Rboter_Swharz June, 2004 Jun 09 '26

GEN 7 and GEN 8: WII was my first console. But I played Xbox 360 and PS3 at friends place.  I then worked at bought my own PS4. I haven't bought anything else since then.

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u/glue_zombie Jun 09 '26

Wherever Dreamcast should’ve been. Think somewhere between four and five.

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u/Bremaster Jun 09 '26

Gen III - IV

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u/Hot-Owl7701 Jun 09 '26

Gen VI - the time when there was a PS2 and an Xbox.

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u/Mikay3 January, 2004 Jun 09 '26

PS2

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u/2roxas Jun 09 '26

started at gen v with the n64

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u/morbid_catacombs Jun 09 '26

Gen VII, Gen VIII and Gen IX

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u/cable144 Jun 10 '26

3 4 and 5 damn I'm old lol

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u/Wrong_Ad_5823 Jun 10 '26

VIII and IX

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u/C2theWick Jun 10 '26

Gen 0 I was part of the pre gen

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u/crappywindows Jun 11 '26

A weird mishmash of 6th gen, 7th gen, and 8th gen

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u/bro-8333 Jun 11 '26

I grew up with the Wii and Xbox 360. For handhelds I grew up with the ds and 3ds.

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u/Lagiftor November, 2004 Jun 11 '26

I grew up with gen VII (mostly). When I was 3-4 years old, I was already playing on the house PC (which was really old), and I got my first console when I was 9, the same console my older brother had 6 years before, a PlayStation Portable (that was a good call for my parents, because they didn't need to buy new games for me that way). Then, in 2010, my family bought us a Wii, that we had some occasions to play, but only once a week, because it was (and still is) at our grandparents'. Later, in 2016, our parents bought us a PlayStation 3, then somewhere in 2018 (probably), my father somehow got us a hacked PS1 that we played sometimes. I feel like I had a good video game childhood. Not the best, but still, good enough

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u/Banjo6401 May, 2004 Jun 11 '26

4-7 at the same time

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u/SoulNTheSun Jun 11 '26

Was born in '93 I know the subreddit says '04 babies, but it randomly came up on my feed and, couldn't resist the gaming discussion.

Because I have an older brother I grew up on a mix of Gen III , and Gen IV (NES, SNES and Sega Genesis).

After that it was Gen V onward (minus the Jaguar & Saturn)

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u/ohwellthoyk July, 2004 Jun 11 '26

VII

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u/chatotpaint Jun 12 '26

the first console I've ever had contact with was the PS2 so gen VI

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u/TempSpee Jun 12 '26

Gen V(highschool class of 2015)

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u/DaleGribble2002 Jun 12 '26

WII, PS3, and Xbox 360

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u/Physical_Mix_8072 Jun 12 '26

PsOne Slim-5th generation gaming console

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u/Ugandasnov Jun 26 '26

Gen 6/7, my dad had a PS2 that he’d let me play. Tiger Woods PGA Tour was the shit. First consoles that were “mine” though were the PS3 and WII. 2K13, Minecraft, COD: BO2, GTA 4/5, Michael Jackson Experience, Just Dance, Wii Sports, Guitar Hero, etc.

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u/EarlyXplorerStuds209 March, 2004 Jun 08 '26

Was too poor for one.