Oh boy, childhood. Started with a PS2, played it for years. My first game being Sly 2: Band of Theives, still my favorite games today along with the series. Which led to me getting a PS3 only for the Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, and I never touched it again. Also my first PS2, my brother spilt Orange Juice on it while playing GTA or something. So the following Christmas, I got a skinny PS2 from both sides of the family, what a score that was. Other childhood games on the PS2 were probably Sonic Heroes, Sonic Unleashed, Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex and Crash Bandicoot: Twinsanity. I did eventually get an Xbox 360 in the future, but didn't really play much online. It just wasn't my cup of tea to be honest. Now for Nintendo... I had a DS and a Wii... and here's what they taught me... No matter what, Nintendo just makes fun games. My most recent console is a regular 3DS, and it's been my Pokemon slave. Lately I've been debating on getting a PS4 or a Switch. Sonic Mania, Forces, and Mario Odyssey are looking pretty good.
I wouldn't really say I've been influenced at all since Neptune is still my favorite Goddess.