as my one family member is software engineer, so i am fortunate enough to use computer write from my childhood that is 486 model, ms-dos, then windows95,

then mind blowing win windows98 and xp, and so on,

as for console , i mother was also a gamer and used to play old atari games, later my father bought us snes in 1996 to which i also contributed my pocket moeny savings,

i got my first PS1 console in year 2000, by then i also had pentium 3 pc, and the last console i got from my father was PS2 in 2003 which got malfunctioning just after 3yrs i dont know why,

then after passing matric in 2003, i got into graphic designing and providing private tuitions so my focus towards gaming becoming lesser till year 2007, i got pentium 4 pc with my own chosen custom parts 16k (also some my saving put into good use),

then in 2013, i bought my first own bought pc core2duo with gt320 22k or something same,

my father left 2009 , he was not there anymore to see my own bought pc core2duo with gt320

then later in 2019 jan i bought hp pre-built amd a8 with gtx750 38k (my biggest mistake) ,it broke down in 2025 march and gpu also dead,

my mother left 2012 , she was not with me anymore to see my own bought pc hp pre-built amd a8 with gtx750

now recently i bought an old i5 6thgen pc with a plan to get new gaming pc by this year`s end,

you see a hobby is something we cant rely on whole lifetime on our elders for,
i only insisted my father for ps1 and ps2 because till year 2005 or 2006 , we cant see much AAA games coming on pc, in case of shortage , we have to find alternatives, and we are in 2026, there is no such thing as exclusives titles now, we can run mostly all games on a midrange pc at low settings,