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greenmedic88 on 23 January 2012
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I may end up just buying all three as they come out if I give in to consumer buying frenzy.

But, buying frenzy for me will depend largely upon availability of any given console. If any one of them becomes so severely supply constrained, I'm far more likely to buy one the first time I see one on shelves.

On the more likely odds that none of them will be supply constrained, whether intentional or not, then I'll feel absolutely no rush to buy immediately. I'll take a more measured approach and simply pick one up when there are apps available I want to buy immediately that aren't on other platforms.

Already made the mistake of buying the 3DS on day 1 for the next gen; would have been fine without one until they dropped the price and would still be fine without one today since I'm still waiting on RE Revelations and MGS3D.

If the PS4 replaces the PS3 as a media/set top box hub and plays PS3 games (and isn't priced unreasonably for a game console), I'll probably pre-order one so I can box up the PS3, regardless of the initial PS4 game library.

If the Wii U is priced as low as some of the guestimates are calling out (as low as $250, which I think is ridiculous unless they're being produced for well under $150), then I'll probably pre-order one. Over $300 and I'll just wait until there's something for the platform that I really want to try out. I would say Wii BC would play a factor, but the truth is I really don't play any Wii games anymore (still haven't played my second session of Skyward Sword).

Any Xbox 3 purchase will probably depend largely upon Kinect 2.0 and how well it's integrated into the UI and any games. If it's just more Wii-like family games, and the same "it works but not really" functionality, then it goes without saying that I won't care. It's likely that my Windows/MS gaming platform will be completely covered by PC as the few 360 exclusives that I bought this generation simply didn't justify my need to adopt the platform. Since I don't game on XBL, there really isn't any incentive for me to play on the Xbox. On the unexpected chance that MS diverts all its internal studio resources into making more games like Halo, or scoring more exclusives like Gears of War (but not Halo or GoW since I'm pretty much done with both franchises), then the odds of me picking one up earlier go up considerably.