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Consoles are overhyped at launch. Always. People go nuts for the hot, new thing, whether it's worth it at the time or not. Grabbing a PS4 or XBO at launch for what they were offering just doesn't gel with balanced ole me. They WILL be awesome later, but that's why I'll get one later.

So no, I don't get it either. Put a killer app on a console at launch (NES, N64, DC and Xbox and even the Wii for example) and that's a different story, but neither of these had that. I think it speaks to the emotional maturity and life priorities of the average core gamer more than anything ...