This is my mantra for the next few months:
I CAN WAIT.
I CAN WAIT.
I CAN WAIT.
I can, too, is the thing. I have never bought a new console on launch day. My Dreamcast was a birthday gift from a (now ex-) girlfriend; my purchase of an Xbox was almost a full year after it first came out; I bought a 360 via Craigslist about 2-3 months after it came out, so I suppose I was weak in that moment, but I didn’t get a PS3 until 2008, and at the time it was mostly being used as a Blu-Ray player. And Wiis were impossible to find for the longest time, too; I think it took me at least 6-8 months to get one after it launched.
The point is: I’ve established a precedent when it comes to not buying a console on day one.
Furthermore, the launch lineups for both systems are, in my opinion, kinda weak – especially with Watch_Dogs getting pushed back. Yes, Titanfall looks amazing, but I’ve never been much of an online-multiplayer-shooter dude, so it does nothing for me. Yes, the next-gen versions of Assassin’s Creed 4 look impressive, but I can also play it on my PC. (Side note: I think I’ve decided that I will play it after all. *sigh*)
Let’s also not forget how gimped both the PS4 and the XboxOne are going to be out of the box; both systems will require rather sizable software patches out of the box, and those patches will most likely require patches of their own.
To be honest, the money I have saved for a next-gen console could just as easily be spent upgrading my PC graphics card; I’m already doing most of my gaming on the PC anyway, and even though my PC currently runs with an ancient nVidia card that still manages to pump out nice graphics, a newer card would make everything look a hell of a lot nicer. (And now that I’ve successfully swapped out a busted hard drive for a new one, I feel a bit more comfortable swapping out a graphics card…. like that GeForce GTX 770….)
And I’ve still got a rather sizable backlog of current-gen games to get through…
…and I’m still not necessarily done with GTA V Online…
…and…
….and….
um…
[I CAN WAIT.
I CAN WAIT.
I CAN WAIT.]
Shouts From The Couch 