Quote Originally Posted by ProjectCamaro View Post
I have never purchased a console on launch day and you're absolutely right, there's something about buying a console when it's still so new and you really don't know what you're getting into. Those of us that wait a year or so don't have that but only you can decide if that feeling and joy you derive is worth the extra money.


Well, the joy is worth it, as long as there is at least two really legit games for launch. Just give me two really, really solid games, with the promise of many more games in the future.


Still, my dilemma isn't really about whether or not I should buy the consoles, it's more about my new found penny pinching attitude when it comes to buying games. I've been ridiculously spoiled over the last 3 or 4 years, with tons and tons of great games available for 5 bucks. Sure, the games aren't brand new, they've been around awhile, but when you're this late into the generation, how new it is doesn't really matter that much. You've already got a really good idea of what the PS3 and Xbox 360 are capable of, so no real need to run out and buy the newest 2013 release, when a game from 2010 can be just as amazing.

When you get new consoles however, then there is that possibility that the experiences can be new and exciting. At least for the first couple of years, before you end up seeing what can, and can't, be done on the hardware. The last time I felt that excitement, was like 2007 or maybe 2008. It's been years, and years, since I've really felt a need to run out and see the latest, greatest, game. At a certain point in the console generation, a game from two years ago is the same as a game coming out right now. What's the incentive to run out and buy the newest game?

With the PS4 and Infinity however, maybe there will be a certain game that will really capture the imagination, and it will be a must play experience.

Basically, I think the way that I'm going to play it, is that I'll buy each system (most likely), and just get one game for each system. Some type of action/adventure type game with at least a 12 hour single player campaign. I rarely finish games anyways, so I can just play the living hell out of one key game, and finish the game completely, and then move on to the next, and just start out slowly but surely, so to speak....