Topic: The game that got you to buy a playstation

My brother brought home a used PlayStation with Porsche Challenge, WipEout and Star Wars Rebel Assault II.
Beyond that I can remember renting quite a lot of games from Blockbuster Video, Resident Evil being a particularly memorable experience! Others being Gran Turismo, Metal Gear Solid and Final Fantasy VII.

Moving forward, I was sold on PlayStation as my system of choice but the first game got with PS2 was Gran Turismo 3, PS3 was Motorstorm, PS4 I think was inFamous Second Son and PS5 ... I don't really know to be honest with you!

well besides Resident evil Director's Cut Dual Shock Edition being my first playstation game to get for my old Playstation back then, i was sort of planning on getting Blasto or something at the time

For me, the first game I played was Wipeout as that was used to promote the PS1 in some club I went to. I have had every Playstation to date and my 'interest' in buying the Hardware came before the Launch. I wouldn't say Wipeout though was the 'sole' reason - I thought the game was 'fun' and fast at the time, but it was the whole marketing thing at the time that made it seem more like it was going to be more for 'young adults' than Kids as Consoles were still seen as more Electronic Toys for Children and 'home computers' were better for teenagers (Commodore/Amstrad/Sinclair etc and PC's were becoming more common and cheaper too) as they would be able to do school work on etc.

So Sony's entrance into Gaming - a hobby I really liked as a 'young adult' too seemed a good choice and Wipeout was 'fun' but I still expected better and also got better games over time. The PS1 had 'potential' and the game I tried was fun in the club....

I doubt any 1 game has ever really made me buy hardware or would. I think about the lifetime of the Hardware and whether or not I think I'll get my money's worth or not. And I expected that I'd play 'lots' of games and spend enough time on the hardware to justify purchase. I bought a PS4 Pro (and XB1X) despite owning a console that would play ALL the same games - albeit with some advantages - no '1 game' made me think I must buy that...

Wipeout introduced me too using Playstation to Game 'before' it officially launched in the UK and Sony seemed to be marketing it more as a 'young Adult' console and seemed a good option and then alternative to my N64.

The original Ridge Racer. I remember just standing at dixons window watching the demo and being completely blown away. Thinks that's the last game that really gave that feeling of a huge upgrade in generations

PS1 was ridge racer for me, it was like looking at an arcade cabinet in my house! Blew my mind as a kid.
PS2 was a mixture of tekken tag and Pro Evo3
PS3 and PS4 were gifts. I barely touched my PS3, my PS4 brought me back to gaming.
PS5 is the first launch day console I ever bought. My unit was defective and had to be sent back, absolutely gutted! Having said that, astro playroom and experiencing the haptics on the controller is as close to the joy I felt at seeing ridge racer on a ps1 back in the day.