Do you think it buying a console at launch is good or bad

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Cobretti2 said:

All depends which console you are buying:

Micrososft = no as RROD on launch models.
Sony = maybe as can have issues but usually because of being dead on arrival and not dying a week or two later.
Nintendo = yes as you will be very unlucky for nintendo hardware to fail early.

However I expect microsoft and sony to mature eventually and be up to standard day one.

By all rights PS4 being Sony's 4th console should be almost perfectly made at launch.

Next xbox could go either way, but I think Micrososft have learnt from their mistakes in the past.

Sony to mature? Dude, don't draw a rule about company just by how it's latest product is doing. PS3 and Vita had smaller or bigger problems at launch, but I can't remember PS, PS2 or PSP to have such problems. They struggle, cause Sony does it's uttmost to give us cutting edge consoles. Plus, this is Sony and they will fight through the bad weather! They did it with PS3, they will with Vita. What is more, we have to face the facts that when it comes to Sony, the launch versions of consoles turn out to be the best ones. I have a feeling that should they redesign the Vita, it will be made cheaper (just like the PS3 Super Slim), so that it can compete with the price of 3DS, and hence a new Vita will be worse then the current one (moreso since I can't imagine them improving this console!). Hence, guys - go get a Vita while it's so bad @ss! ;)

Last 4 consoles (Wii, Wii U, DS, 3DS) from Nintendo are safe bets, because they offer us previous generation hardware. That's why this stuff doesn't break down, is relatively cheap and get's some games early on. Hmm... Come to think about it, Nintendo destroyed the console market by doing this. We won't be getting cutting edge consoles anymore, since cheap previous gen N consoles sell good on launch, while the cutting edge stuff is more expensive, harder to write games to and loses in the beginning, which threatens the existence of a console. The only solution would be to sell powerful consoles on a contract (PS+/Live), but I doubt Sony and MS want to take that risk in current economy.