What is something that You regret buying and it haunts you to this day?

[Stan4d]

I had bought the Mayflash NS Pro 2 because I wanted to connect my Xbox controller to my switch and it sucked! There was way too much delay. Even after that I bought the Brook Xone SE adapter and it sucked too! The delay was fixed by a few milliseconds but it disconnects every time after 7 seconds. Another thing is the White OLED switch I should’ve bought the Splatoon 3 switch but I thought I would get sick of the design but it turns out I love it so now I’m down $350.

 

[BigOnYa]

Does my first wife count? It cost alot to get her, then cost alot again, to get rid of her. I regret the first part, buying her. Gaming wise, I regret buying a broken frogger arcade machine. I thought I could fix it, but I couldnt. I bought it at an bidding auction and paid way to much for it nonworking. I since have stripped it and made a retro arcade with a Raspberry Pi 4/5 and filled with multi games so not all bad off.

 

[JuanMena]

A "1 TB" External Hard Drive. Shit stopped working when I used 111GB of data.
I regret the price I paid for it. Strangely, the Sata to USB board works and the Mini USB it came with also works and I've been using it a lot lately to transfer files between 2 SSDs and 2 2.5 HDDs.

I also kinda regret buying my current soldering iron. The tips are completely oxidized now, and can't find spares because it's off-brand. It still works but it's a struggle.

Lesson learned: Don't buy Chinese crap! If you need spare parts or replacements you won't find them!

 

[AncientBoi]

An AliExpress battery replacement for my laptop.

Lasted only 6 months

 

[Haymose]

I bought Kirby and the Rainbow Curse WiiU digitally from the eshop. I think I played it for like 15 mins. I don't buy digital anymore.

 

[Hanafuda]

First car I bought new, a 1998 VW GTI VR6, was pretty much shit.

 

[AdenTheThird]

I bought Cubic Ninja for $35 from GameStop back when Ninjahax was still one of the only realistic ways of modding a 3ds. About two weeks later the first big Luma exploit came out and Ninjahax was all but obsolete.

I bought Kirby and the Rainbow Curse WiiU digitally from the eshop. I think I played it for like 15 mins. I don't buy digital anymore.

I'll do ya one better. I just don't buy anymore! Nintendo games, at least. I'm usually willing to support a game company unless they have a bigger legal team than a game development team.

 

[ZeroT21]

A "1 TB" External Hard Drive. Shit stopped working when I used 111GB of data.
I regret the price I paid for it. Strangely, the Sata to USB board works and the Mini USB it came with also works and I've been using it a lot lately to transfer files between 2 SSDs and 2 2.5 HDDs.

I also kinda regret buying my current soldering iron. The tips are completely oxidized now, and can't find spares because it's off-brand. It still works but it's a struggle.

Lesson learned: Don't buy Chinese crap! If you need spare parts or replacements you won't find them!

Use some sandpaper to get the tip clean and it's good to go

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

Ikari Warriors on the NES.... I loved the arcade game so I bought it brand new and wow was that a bad conversion. I few other things but that one really bugs me. At least Heavy Barrel came out good!

 

[JaapDaniels]

My super wild card copy box.
my snes is dead, and the f*cking copybox was expensive, and didn't work for a lot of games (almost none special chip game, and it could only work with 16mbit games or lower)

 

[Marc_LFD]

A clear case controller for PS3/PS4/Switch which is really good, except for the shoulder buttons which are clicky so that's something gotta get used to.

I decided just to keep it than sending it back. There's nothing faulty with it.

Also, it uses USB-C so it's more convenient than Mini/Micro USB controllers.

P.S. If anyone is wondering how is it compatible if it doesn't have a touchscreen (or whatever it's called), one of those buttons does work to open the left part, but there isn't a button for the right side (so it won't boot up PS2 games that require it).

 

[The Catboy]

The GPD XD Plus.
Used it once, then the rubber cover fell off the joystick. Kept trying to use it but then the hinge broke. It got literally no updates and the community around it was dead right off the bat. GPD lost my support after that purchase.

 

[Robert Newbie]

As luck would have it, I was lamenting about my PlayStation Move + Light Gun combo earlier in another thread. I think I only played Time Crisis 4 for one evening.

 

[Jayinem]

A prostitute.

Actually it was just the fact that it was a sting operation and I got arrested, I wouldn't have regretted it if I successfully had the prostitute.

Oh, this is the gaming section. Carry on pretend this post doesn't exist. Uhh Crysis 3.

 

[AncientBoi]

A prostitute.

Actually it was just the fact that it was a sting operation and I got arrested, I wouldn't have regretted it if I successfully had the prostitute.

Oh, this is the gaming section. Carry on pretend this post doesn't exist. Uhh Crysis 3.

What if you found out it was a trans with his plumbing still in intact?

 

[ZeroT21]

What if you found out it was a trans with it's plumbing still in intact?

Being arrested might've been a saving grace?

 

[chrisrlink]

not really regret buying it's more when it got smashed by mistake my v1 switch

 

[Dust2dust]

not really regret buying it's more when it got smashed by mistake my v1 switch

How did it happen? Did you intend to smash something else, but chose the Switch by mistake?

 

[bassviolet]

my first keyboard. 90 bucks, not hotswappable, took up all my desk space

 

[BuddhaHunterMac]

2 sealed copies of Super Mario RPG remake for some reason