Well, I wanted to wait before I got a PS4... there was a time when I wanted it to have at least ten games I'd be interested in already released before getting it.
It was released here in Argentina at the price of 6499 Argentinian Pesos on 29/11/2013 (or 11/29/2013 if you'd prefer, lol). There were news about that everywhere because that was over 1100 USD back then.
I said to myself that I wouldn't buy it until it had a few games I would be interested in playing... like MGSV: Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain or Final Fantasy XV. So I waited... until devaluation hit us hard and the console went from 6499 Pesos to...

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8999 Pesos... while some people wait for a price cut... we got a price rise (in pretty much everything, not only PS4). I should've known it wouldn't drop it's price but a lot of people here were also waiting for a price drop. We were all fools, lol. I was kind of angry at myself for not buying it before even though it had no games for me yet. I even thought of buying it at that price before it went even higher!... like a week (maybe less?) later, the government did something so that companies, corporations, retailers and that kind of stuff went back to the previous prices (prices before that massive inflation that happened in like 3 days) plus ~7% more that month and another ~7% more during this month. So the price went down to...

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6999 Pesos... when that happened I was like "holy shit, I must buy it now before it raises AGAIN!" but it was out of stock on Sony's website... I started reading some forums and Sony Argentina's facebook page to see if anyone knew where there was stock. Some people in a forum said "there's stock at this sony store!", "there's stock at this other sony store" but when you called them they'd say "No, there's no stock but keep checking the site. It'll be updated when we get some stock and you can buy it online"... yeah, right. For some reason, they lied (they probably wanted to keep them until prices rose again so that they could sell what they had for higher profits and told workers to say there's no stock when asked on the phone... I don't know)...
Anyways... I kept checking Sony's facebook that day and I saw people were asking if they had any PS4 in stock and they replied that they'd have stock the next day in every sony store and that people should line up in the morning before the stores open to get one! (yeah, a bit over 2 months after launch and people still have to line up to get a PS4... at least here).
So... I woke up early in the morning and went to my closest sony store... I was there too early and the place was still closed... there was no one at the door so I went to a café to have some coffee (I prefer tea with milk but whatever) to let some time go by and went back to the place... there was a dude standing at the door waiting so I stayed before more people arrived. A lot of people arrived later. We were around 30 but not all of us were there for the PS4. They opened the doors and I got my PS4.

Here's the moment I was setting it up with the date I got it (DD/MM/YYYY):
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So yeah... I bought it before the price went up again even though there's nothing for me to play right now... The only games I have are Resogun and Contrast which I got for free with PS Plus. I could get Don't Starve and that other "horror" game which name I don't remember right now... but I'm not interested in those in the slightest, lol.
I can still play with my PS3 and PC while I wait for Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, Final Fantasy XV, Deep Down, The Evil Within, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and who knows what else is going to be released that could gain my interest.

Well, there you have it... the reason I bought a PS4 so early and without any games I want yet :S
Thank you, economy (?) :P

One thing some of us take for granted is the size and stability of our economy means prices do not fluctuate nearly as much. I cannot imagine a console going up in price after launch. Seems like buying a console in Argentina is more akin to play the market. Have to spend $900 on a console because it could be $1150 next month. Least you have it for when games do come you want.

Congratulations on your purchase! It was good to buy it now at that "price drop" as there is a lot of uncertainty about the economical future of our nation!

I can wait for it as long as it takes though, I already got my Wii U and 3DS and it's enough to get me occupied until the PS4 gets some real price cuts or the economy stabilizes.

Another country with a PS4 price drop?!?

you should try killzone shadowfall.. and assassins creed IV..

just try them..

also.. at least you got a ps4.. a lot of ppl can't get one

I hope you enjoy it when the games you want comes out! By the way, a shame what happens with the taxes in Argentina, is a lot worse than in my country, I even feel lucky lol.

the horror game is outlast

Yeah, I already "froze" the price so I won't have to worry about price rises or stuff like that... let's just hope I made the right choice in buying it now.

Thanks :P I hope I made the right choice... I also have my PS3 and PC while I wait for some PS4 games :P I don't know it will ever get a price cut... I bought my PS3 back in 2009 for 2080 Pesos in ML and nowadays, more than four years later, it costs more than twice that... but who knows what'll happen.

More like Price rise :P

I could get Assassin's Creed IV on PC if I wanted/liked it and it would be cheaper but... I really don't like it xD I watched trailers, gameplay videos and stuff and it doesn't interest me.
And I usually don't like FPS games, I watched trailers and gameplay videos of Killzone Shadowfall but I don't like it, lol. And there's no demo for it either so I can't even try it without buying it and most probably... waste money on something I knew I wouldn't like :P

Ground Zeroes is going to be my first retail PS4 game... too bad it's so short xD

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Yeah, that's it! I couldn't remember the name but it was on the tip of my tongue! Thanks :P

Everyone will soon give into teh hype... soon.

So pretty much what everyone bought one for so far :P

Which isn't a bad thing, that is what early adopters are for. Infamous should be good though