I wouldn't say the GameCube was much a party to begin with. xD

But yes, I'm always late to the party. I don't usually purchase consoles as soon as they're released because I like to wait until there's a healthy selection of games to choose from. Price is also an issue, especially this gen. I only got my PS3 a few months ago.

When it comes to games, it's pretty much the same story. A lot of my PSX and PS2 games are Platinum with the exception of all the Final Fantasies and a handful of fighters and racing games. And that's further compounded by the fact that I live in Australia and back in those days, PAL regions received games many months after the rest of the world.

Oh yeah, I remember being late to the party with first gen Pokemon. I only got it after everyone had pretty much finished with theirs. But when the other kids started to find out that I had Pokemon Red, the fad came back for a little while and I became a trade-pimp (everyone else had Blue, because Red was for girls).