| W29 said: But wouldn't the late adopters be mad because the new systems are released and they are going to be late to get into the new systems? |
Not at all. Were you mad because you didn't see thousands of great movies when they were still playing at a theatre? Maybe that's a bad analogy but I think it captures the idea. I am still disappointed that I didn't get to see Jimi Hendrix play live when the opportunity was there.
You can discover hundreds of great games that you never played going into old systems and looking around. It's actually much harder to find a number of good games on brand new systems, there just aren't as many games. Also your gaming tastes may change and that provides another reason to spend time finding games that you missed.
There's other reasons people might be getting a system late. I didn't play much of anything on the Atari 2600 system when it was brand new because my job didn't allow it. Many years later I did play the games, mostly just the best ones, and I had a good time.
Of course if there is a game that you "must" play and it's on a new system then you're going to get that system. I'm sure many people bought an Xbox360 to play Halo 3 and many also bought a Wii to play Super Mario Galaxy. The only reason I bought a N64 was to play Mario (and I wasn't let down). I guess it could depend on how many "must have" gaming experiences there are out there for you.
