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J_Allard on 03 February 2014
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Max King of the Wild said:
J_Allard said:
What exactly is wrong about basing a launch purchase on launch window games? These are the games people will be playing the most over the next year or so. The alternative is to buy now based on hypotheticals and list wars, or wait on purchasing altogether.

Should a large group of friends who are loving the shit out of Killer Instinct or DR3 not buy the console because maybe eventually PS4 might have better theoretical games they might be able to potentially play in the future? And that's not even getting into genres and different franchises. If they love KI, what game on the horizon could they maybe weigh in for on PS4? Injustice sucks, is there anything else coming? So they should not game now because maybe Sony might one day reveal Super Playstation All-Stars Royal Rumble 2?

lol


Nothing wrong but it isnt ideal (which is our point) before each system launch both sides pulled the "launch games arent a reason to buy a console anyway"

Might not be ideal for you. Idk, are you one of the twenty or so people in this supposed dorm buying supposed Xbox Ones? I don't think so. I won't buy a console if it has a shit lineup, regardless of the hypothetical potential of the console. If I spend $400-500 on a console, I want to be entertained day one so I will buy the one that currently has the most games I want to play. Hence, I will buy an Xbox One first. If it weren't for games like Forza, Ryse, DR3, KI, and of course Titanfall, I wouldn't buy the console and would wait for either to have a good enough lineup.

So these guys supposedly found that "good enough" lineup already. There's nothing wrong with jumping in rather than thinking "oh well hey maybe sony might have some other game in store down the road!" and waiting. It's not rocket science. There is nothing Sony has (announced anyway) in the oven that would compete with Killer Instinct. They have nothing in the oven to compete with Dead Rising 3. That's just the two games the OP mentioned.

If a movie is in theaters that looks interesting to me, I will go see it instead of thinking hey maybe something better will come out in 6 months. Consoles are a little different as the investment is a lot larger, but the logic remains. You want a console right now, nothing wrong with picking what they supposedly believe is the better lineup right now.