I bought a PS4 mostly because it was the first console I could afford to buy at launch instead of waiting for half a generation, and I'm very happy with my purchase. Of course there aren't too many AAA titles out yet, but anyone buying a console at launch expecting swaths of new games coming out in the first year is delusional.
I'm bummed too that most games coming out on PS4 this year have been/will be basically last gen ports, but we all knew this when we bought the damn things. We knew what we were getting into. Xbox 360 and PS3 didn't start picking up until 2007.
I have a bunch of great indie games (most of which I got for free*), Killzone 4, Infamous 3 and superior versions of FFXIV, TLoU, Watch Dogs, DW8, AC4, Ground Zeroes and Skylanders, with a decent number of new games coming out in the fall. For year one, I think that's perfectly acceptable. Sure, I could have gotten most of my PS4 games on PS3 instead and saved $400, but that's what early adoption means.
And since I'm Canadian, I got it for $50 less than if I had chosen to wait until next year to buy it.
I'm bummed too that most games coming out on PS4 this year have been/will be basically last gen ports, but we all knew this when we bought the damn things. We knew what we were getting into. Xbox 360 and PS3 didn't start picking up until 2007.
I have a bunch of great indie games (most of which I got for free*), Killzone 4, Infamous 3 and superior versions of FFXIV, TLoU, Watch Dogs, DW8, AC4, Ground Zeroes and Skylanders, with a decent number of new games coming out in the fall. For year one, I think that's perfectly acceptable. Sure, I could have gotten most of my PS4 games on PS3 instead and saved $400, but that's what early adoption means.
And since I'm Canadian, I got it for $50 less than if I had chosen to wait until next year to buy it.
Nobody wants to make games for unreleased systems. The few studios that do have to rush the games to meet the console's release date, and expose themselves to heavy criticism for it - just look what happened to most launch titles. A lot of studios will always choose to wait until the systems are out (or at least very close to coming out) before they start their first game on it. Waiting for more games before releasing the system isn't going to help.MeTalHeD said:What's the point of releasing a console when there aren't any or many games to go with it? I don't think it's to a console's benefit that it means he has to wait 2 to 3 years for it to start getting good. Then why not release it just before those games are released?