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greenmedic88 on 08 September 2014
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Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
greenmedic88 said:
If a consumer can resist the buying frenzy tied to the release of a new product, particularly one where the value should be directly tied to the software it runs that is immediately available, and instead wait until enough software is available to make the value of that hardware equal to what they're paying for it in their mind/opinion, they shouldn't find themselves upset if the actual price is, as it always will be, reduced in the future.

It is just a bit of a kick in the pants to see that happen earlier than expected.

I disagree with that notion, because its fairly outdated. From the 5th gen, onwards consoles were selling off their own merits, their software being a major part of the merits of a console but not the only one. 

Fast Forward to this gen and the XB1 and PS4 are selling off of their future libraries and the differences they offered in their systems. Hell even the Wii, sold more for its motion controls then whether or not it had the most popular software.

You disagree because that's how you as a consumer buy, but if everyone thought the same way, how many consoles would SCE or MS or Nintendo sell based upon what games will be available for it in five years? All of them?

Most consumers, the general consumers, will wait until the games they want are available on the platform they were planning on buying. I'm in the small minority among people I know who play video games who bought a PS4 right out of the gate. Most of them say the same thing "I'm just going to wait until XXX is released."