sales2099 said:
Because PS4 is winning. You want validation and acceptance in your life. You crave the comfort that your opinion is the majority one. You literally get pleasure in your brain when you see your console sell better, like a solid buzz from alchohol or sex. This, is by far, PS4's greatest selling point, and it has nothing to do with what the console actually does. |
The main flaw with this line of quite sound reasoning is that buyer's remorse or validation, typicallly happens after one has purhcased the thing they seek validation for. Seeing as he has not yet purchased a PS4 and is considering to get one, then it is not yet "his console".
Popularity sells, but buyer's remorse doesn't work a priori.
Rather popularity, makes the system seem more valuable then the less popular competition. Coke Vs. Pepsi.
The argument works both ways.
Furthermore, your argument completely falls apart considering he all ready has a Wii U.
Also @Bold is a pretty ludicrous assumption to make. Typically, people buy things because of what it does, i.e. its utility to them versus how much they would have to spend to acquire it.
See: Cost - Benefit Ratio also known as Oppurtunity Cost
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