6th March 2005, 3:44 PM
I never, ever get consoles when they first release. The one exception to this was the GBA SP, though I got that from my sister, thanks to her 'losing' my original GBA and several games.
Usually, the machines don't have enough good games to justify an immediate purchase, and I'm cheap as it is, so I always wait until the price drops, unless there's a game that I want so badly that I cannot wait (Silent Hill 2 forced an early PS2 purchase, in Christmas of 01 when it was still $300). I got the GC a year late, Genesis four years late, SNES four years late, NES three years late, GameBoy six years late, Dreamcast a year after the fact, N64 five years late, and PSX two years late. In every instance I had to miss out for a little while, but they were cheaper and had a better selection of games all around, and in no instance do I ever regret waiting.
I might even get an XBox one day.
Usually, the machines don't have enough good games to justify an immediate purchase, and I'm cheap as it is, so I always wait until the price drops, unless there's a game that I want so badly that I cannot wait (Silent Hill 2 forced an early PS2 purchase, in Christmas of 01 when it was still $300). I got the GC a year late, Genesis four years late, SNES four years late, NES three years late, GameBoy six years late, Dreamcast a year after the fact, N64 five years late, and PSX two years late. In every instance I had to miss out for a little while, but they were cheaper and had a better selection of games all around, and in no instance do I ever regret waiting.
I might even get an XBox one day.
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