Anyone else debating NOT getting a next gen console?

I am definitely more of a hermit than console gamer so I do know I have my biases.  However, each gen I have always purchased every console.  I started gaming with the original NES and have had the NES, Snes, genesis, Sega CD, Turbographics 16, Turbo Express (with TV turner..rawr), Sega Saturn, N64, 3DO, Phillips CD-I, Dreamcast, PS1,PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Vita, Gameboy, GBA, 3DS, and Lynx (and probably forgot something too).

So I am NOT against console gaming.  However, I am really debating if I am going to get involved next gen.  I MAY just purchase 1 console as opposed to both xbox One, Ninty and PS4.  I am leaning toward a ps4 but as of now I have NO interest in the system. 

It seems like both Sony and MS are going for a more multimedia/casual approach.  While this is fine and to be expected with the way gaming is going, I have a media hub with my PC already and am well entrenched in Steam for online gaming, purchasing and storing my library of games.  I will miss out on some exclusives but this is the first generation I have not been excited about reading and anticipating.  If I do purchase a system, it's going to be for the very first time..not on launch day. 

Anyone else in the same boat as me?

still at the wait and see stage

I still might get Wii U for Nintendo games when its cheap as hell. I'm worried about the direction of the other two though.

The Quad is readyNengo_Flow

I am definitely more of a hermit than console gamer so I do know I have my biases.  However, each gen I have always purchased every console.  I started gaming with the original NES and have had the NES, Snes, genesis, Sega CD, Turbographics 16, Turbo Express (with TV turner..rawr), Sega Saturn, N64, 3DO, Phillips CD-I, Dreamcast, PS1,PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, Vita, Gameboy, GBA, 3DS, and Lynx (and probably forgot something too).

So I am NOT against console gaming.  However, I am really debating if I am going to get involved next gen.  I MAY just purchase 1 console as opposed to both xbox One, Ninty and PS4.  I am leaning toward a ps4 but as of now I have NO interest in the system. 

It seems like both Sony and MS are going for a more multimedia/casual approach.  While this is fine and to be expected with the way gaming is going, I have a media hub with my PC already and am well entrenched in Steam for online gaming, purchasing and storing my library of games.  I will miss out on some exclusives but this is the first generation I have not been excited about reading and anticipating.  If I do purchase a system, it's going to be for the very first time..not on launch day. 

Anyone else in the same boat as me?

Dave_NBF

I don't see a point in owning a console if

1. You play almost every multiplat on PC

2. You don't care that much about exclusives

I think being a Steamho is a perfectly valid way to game that doesn't really require anything else to get the "full experience" of gaming (other than maybe an Origin account to buy ME3 and such.)

Call me crazy but there was always just something about the 360 that made me want to play multiplats on it. Like I'll start Mass Effect on my PC, and I just don't feel like playing it. But if I run over to my 360 and start it up, I can't /stop/ playing it. Maybe it's some psychological thing but everything I wrote above still stands, on a logical basis.

It's not that I dislike consoles. It's just that on the PC there are so many games to play. I'm never faced with a drought, so I don't need to fill in slow periods with a different system that might have an exclusive or two during that period.

With consoles you can go months between exclusives to play, but on PC there are new ones every day, so the value I've placed on new consoles isn't very high. 

It's not that I dislike consoles. It's just that on the PC there are so many games to play. I'm never faced with a drought, so I don't need to fill in slow periods with a different system that might have an exclusive or two during that period.

With consoles you can go months between exclusives to play, but on PC there are new ones every day, so the value I've placed on new consoles isn't very high. 

Ly_the_Fairy

I have already decided not to get a PS4 or Xbox One. Wii U, 3DS, Vita, and PC will be it for this generation. And this is coming from someone who NEVER skips a console. Seriously, I own: [spoiler] Atari 2600 (Heavy Sixer) Atari 2600 (Four Switch Woody) Atari 5200 (four port model) Atari 7800 Atari Jaguar Atari Jaguar CD Atari Flashback 2 Atari Flashback 2+ Atari Lynx II Mattel Intellivision (model one) Mattel Hyperscan Colecovision Coleco Sonic (basically a Game Gear clone with some games built in) NES (frontloader) Super Nintendo (first model) w/Super Game Boy Nintendo 64 Gamecube w/Game Boy Player Wii (two white ones) Wii U 32 GB Game Boy (original model, at least three) Game Boy Pocket (red) Game Boy Light (silver) Game Boy Color (clear purple) Game Boy Advance (white) Game Boy Advance SP Mk 1 (one blue, one white) Game Boy micro Nintendo DS (launch silver and electric blue) Nintendo DS Lite (white) Nintendo DSi (black) Nintendo 3DS (launch black) Pokemon Mini (Chikorita Green) Virtual Boy SEGA Master System (US Model 1) SEGA Genesis (model 1) SEGA Genesis (model 2) SEGA CD (model 2) SEGA 32X SEGA Saturn SEGA Dreamcast (one launch, one black SEGA Sports Edition) SEGA Game Gear (black) SEGA Nomad Playstation PS One Playstation 2 (fat) Playstation 3 80 GB (2 USB) PSP 2000 (silver) PSP 3000 (silver) PS Vita 3G Xbox (one Thomson drive, one Hitachi) Xbox 360 S 4 GB black w/my own HDD Turbografx-16 Turbo Express Nokia N-Gage QD Neo Geo MVS 1 slot cab w/UNIBIOS Neo Geo CD (toploader) Neo Geo Pocket Color (clear) Bandai Wonderswan Color (pink) Magnavox Odyssey 2 CD-i (a portable LG model) Vectrex Goldstar 3DO Game King, Mee, other various Chinese clones [/spoiler] famicommander

You have my condolences.

Obviously I'll wait for E3 but I'm like 99% to get a PS4 and later at some point Wii U when more games are available!

I'll get a Wii U for the Nintendo games, but not sure about a PS4 and won't be going anywhere near Xbox1

It's not that I dislike consoles. It's just that on the PC there are so many games to play. I'm never faced with a drought, so I don't need to fill in slow periods with a different system that might have an exclusive or two during that period.

With consoles you can go months between exclusives to play, but on PC there are new ones every day, so the value I've placed on new consoles isn't very high. 

Ly_the_Fairy

Exactly how I feel... if I am to get one of the next gen consoles, it'll be late into its lifecycle when it drops in price and establishes a worthwhile library of exclusives and console multiplats. It's what I did with the PS3 this gen...

Like most I'm waiting on E3 before I start leaning toward any console.

Even then I'll probably wait a year or so before actually getting any of them.:P

Im getting both day 1

Nope.

The Quad is readyNengo_Flow

I actually have thought about going PC instead. That way I would be able to use that sexy new Xbox One controller and have great specs as well. Then there's also the great deals that Steam runs. But I know I won't end up doing it. I've thought about it in the past and never did it then either. The huge amount of money you have to pay up front (When I go to Ibuypower and mess around with their configurator I always end up putting together a PC that is around $1,500. If I have to go with lower tech than that then I won't even end up bothering) and the impending hassle of having to deal with drivers and just the glitchiness of PCs in general always ends up deterring me.

PS4 at launch. No doubts...

I actually have thought about going PC instead. That way I would be able to use that sexy new Xbox One controller and have great specs as well. Then there's also the great deals that Steam runs. But I know I won't end up doing it. I've thought about it in the past and never did it then either. The huge amount of money you have to pay up front (When I go to Ibuypower and mess around with their configurator I always end up putting together a PC that is around $1,500. If I have to go with lower tech than that then I won't even end up bothering) and the impending hassle of having to deal with drivers and just the glitchiness of PCs in general always ends up deterring me.

Wickerman777

I'll stick to my PC (sorry, but I live 60fps), but I'll get a console (probably PS4) after one of them builds up a nice lineup of exclusives and the console drops in price. I can't justify spending $500 on a new console when I know that money could be used to buy a badass 780.

still at the wait and see stage

lostrib

I'll stick to my PC (sorry, but I live 60fps), but I'll get a console (probably PS4) after one of them builds up a nice lineup of exclusives and the console drops in price. I can't justify spending $500 on a new console when I know that money could be used to buy a badass 780.

cfisher2833

You seen the rumored specs for the 8970 from AMD? Better than Nvidia's 780.

I won't get any game console that charges you a fee to play used games or has any form of DRM. That's really my only beef. I don't care about "always online" as I have a steady ISP. Hopefully the online fees will be cheaper or free, but I have a feeling everyone will have to pay. We'll see how that turns out. blackace

But you will pay a fee to get behind a paywall to use services that you already pay for like Netlfix or Hulu Plus?

I won't get any game console that charges you a fee to play used games or has any form of DRM. That's really my only beef. I don't care about "always online" as I have a steady ISP. Hopefully the online fees will be cheaper or free, but I have a feeling everyone will have to pay. We'll see how that turns out. blackace

They don't charge you a fee to buy used games. They charge the retailer a fee. Big difference.

[QUOTE="blackace"]I won't get any game console that charges you a fee to play used games or has any form of DRM. That's really my only beef. I don't care about "always online" as I have a steady ISP. Hopefully the online fees will be cheaper or free, but I have a feeling everyone will have to pay. We'll see how that turns out. StrongBlackVine

But you will pay a fee to get behind a paywall to use services that you already pay for like Netlfix or Hulu Plus?

[QUOTE="blackace"]I won't get any game console that charges you a fee to play used games or has any form of DRM. That's really my only beef. I don't care about "always online" as I have a steady ISP. Hopefully the online fees will be cheaper or free, but I have a feeling everyone will have to pay. We'll see how that turns out. Wickerman777

They don't charge you a fee to buy used games. They charge the retailer a fee. Big difference.

[QUOTE="StrongBlackVine"]

[QUOTE="blackace"]I won't get any game console that charges you a fee to play used games or has any form of DRM. That's really my only beef. I don't care about "always online" as I have a steady ISP. Hopefully the online fees will be cheaper or free, but I have a feeling everyone will have to pay. We'll see how that turns out. Murderstyle75

But you will pay a fee to get behind a paywall to use services that you already pay for like Netlfix or Hulu Plus?

Seriously. I fail to see why people have to pay for XBL to begin with. It'd be as ridiculous as me paying for steam.

Stopped reading at hermit.

I have already decided not to get a PS4 or Xbox One. Wii U, 3DS, Vita, and PC will be it for this generation. And this is coming from someone who NEVER skips a console. Seriously, I own: [spoiler] Atari 2600 (Heavy Sixer) Atari 2600 (Four Switch Woody) Atari 5200 (four port model) Atari 7800 Atari Jaguar Atari Jaguar CD Atari Flashback 2 Atari Flashback 2+ Atari Lynx II Mattel Intellivision (model one) Mattel Hyperscan Colecovision Coleco Sonic (basically a Game Gear clone with some games built in) NES (frontloader) Super Nintendo (first model) w/Super Game Boy Nintendo 64 Gamecube w/Game Boy Player Wii (two white ones) Wii U 32 GB Game Boy (original model, at least three) Game Boy Pocket (red) Game Boy Light (silver) Game Boy Color (clear purple) Game Boy Advance (white) Game Boy Advance SP Mk 1 (one blue, one white) Game Boy micro Nintendo DS (launch silver and electric blue) Nintendo DS Lite (white) Nintendo DSi (black) Nintendo 3DS (launch black) Pokemon Mini (Chikorita Green) Virtual Boy SEGA Master System (US Model 1) SEGA Genesis (model 1) SEGA Genesis (model 2) SEGA CD (model 2) SEGA 32X SEGA Saturn SEGA Dreamcast (one launch, one black SEGA Sports Edition) SEGA Game Gear (black) SEGA Nomad Playstation PS One Playstation 2 (fat) Playstation 3 80 GB (2 USB) PSP 2000 (silver) PSP 3000 (silver) PS Vita 3G Xbox (one Thomson drive, one Hitachi) Xbox 360 S 4 GB black w/my own HDD Turbografx-16 Turbo Express Nokia N-Gage QD Neo Geo MVS 1 slot cab w/UNIBIOS Neo Geo CD (toploader) Neo Geo Pocket Color (clear) Bandai Wonderswan Color (pink) Magnavox Odyssey 2 CD-i (a portable LG model) Vectrex Goldstar 3DO Game King, Mee, other various Chinese clones [/spoiler] famicommander

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