Playstation 4 Inbound!

[Bolivar]

I mean, for me, not having your PlayStation Store purchases would be a sign of not having their ish together immediately, and to hold off a little while on it, kinda how a lot of us did with the PS3.

[Loony BoB]

You should hold off anyway. Buying a PS4 on day one is just asking for problems.

[Formalhaut]

I wouldn't buy ANY console Day 1. Not even Month 1.

[Mirage]

Not even if it was a PS2?!

[Formalhaut]

Yes, even a PS2. While the PS2 is an amazing console, that's looking back retrospectively. At the time, it was a new console. Besides, you never know with uncertainty. I like to know that a console is proven to work and is not bugged or whatever.

I think the earliest console I bought after release was actually my 3DS, probably about a good 5 months after release.

[Mirage]

I bought a PS2 really close to launch, simply because I never had a PS1, and therefore had an enormous backlog of PS1 games to play through while waiting for PS2 games to become more plentiful.

[Bolivar]

I wanted a PS2 on day 1 but had to wait until next holiday season to get one since the initial shipment was so notoriously low. Looking back, I think that launch windows was just as relatively weak as others, with Tekken Tag Tournament being the only big game to play? In any case, Final Fantasy IX was out and that kept me occupied for a while...

*sigh*, back in the days when Final Fantasy was an annual franchise...

[Del Murder]

I went to buy a PS2 close to launch but they were sold out. So I bought Majora's Mask instead.

[Mirage]

The game cost about the same as a PS2, I bet!

[Formalhaut]

The thing is I often never have enough money to buy a console, so I wait until it's price has dropped first.

[Mirage]

I did have enough money to buy a PS3 when it was new, just... why would I? It only had meh games. I didn't buy it until MGS4 was released, and by then, it was down 40% already.

Of course, MGS4 turned out to be a bit meh too, but there was no way I could have known that!

[Bolivar]

I know a lot of people liked Resistance, but when I played it, I took it as an indicator that the machine wasn't quite there yet. I got one a year later, a refurbed 60GB for $299, primarily to be ready for GTA IV and MGS4. I'm probably the only person on the planet who enjoyed playing through both games.

[Rostum]

I usually wait a year or two, or three. By then a new version of the console is usually out (e.g. PS2 and PS3 slim, NDS Lite, etc.).

[nirojan]

For those of you who were wondering about 4k support, it looks like Sony's 4K movie service will be coming to the PS4:
Sony's 4K Movie Service Will Come to PS4 - IGN

[Bolivar]

I'm only speaking for my eyes here, but I definitely don't need any higher resolution video.