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Depends on the price.

Seeing as how the launch line up, of which I am only vaguely even aware of in terms of personal enthusiasm and excitement, really didn't blow me away. There are a few potentially strong titles, but nothing that really struck me as being a Day 1, pay full retail price, must play type of game, for which my standards have been raised considerably over the last couple years. There are better games this year for the PS3 IMHO.

My days of buying any old crap within a hardware launch window just because I want to play something on my shiny brand new console are long since dead and gone.

At $399 (assuming SCE doesn't release a stripped model at this price), I'll probably buy one, even if I don't buy any PS4 games with it at the same time.

At $349 or less, a price of which I am in no way shape or form expecting, I'd probably knock over Grandma in line at retail to pick mine up on release day.

Or... maybe I'd just do the sensible, intelligent thing and just pre-order one as soon as the price is announced and retailers start offering up pre-sales.

If we're doing "this or that" comparisons, I'm not buying a Wii U until the soft library has games that I'd pay $60 for and actually play for more than a session or two. And I'm not buying an Xbox 3 right away unless MS has something truly revolutionary in store for us that would actually get me to renew my XBL Gold subscription. More services and buyable content will not cut it. Even if it's $50 less or whatever, seeing as how a year of XBL Gold would set me back about $60, I'm actually factoring the cost of XBL Gold into any potential purchase of an Xbox 3.