Topic: After this gen, I'm jumping ship.

[NWR_insanolord]

You could always sell your blood and/or organs.

[Nile Boogie Returns]

If you raise your children to be gamers then you have a "Man on the inside." My oldest boy is all into Zelda and smash and xenoblade. When his birthday, report card or Christmas comes, I make out like a rat on a cruise ship. Now, if I could get the wife to like anime and Kung Fun then...

[ShyGuy]

It's a perfect time to get a PS3 and some cheap games.

[UncleBob]

It's a no-win scenario.  When you're a kid, you've got all the free time and none of the money.  When you're an adult, you've got all of the money and none of the free time.

[Oblivion]

Well, there it is.

[ejamer]

It's a perfect time to get a PS3 and some cheap games.

I keep thinking this, but then am surprised at how expensive a PS3 console actually is.  Games are often cheap, but the console itself remains expensive enough that I can never pull the trigger.

[lolmonade]

My lessons-learned from this generation so far has been a re-education on why it's better to wait for at least a year prior to jumping into a new console or handheld.  It's always most costly to be an early adopter, whether that be because you miss out on specific bundles (Zelda Wii U bundle), several revisions that you decide to upgrade on (3DS, then 3DS XL), or simply because you pay the highest price for the console while regardless of which one you bought, there's going to be a limited number of games you're interested in.


That said, I find Nintendo consoles to be very complimentary to my PS4, as it provides a lot more color and personality to most of the games coming out on Sony's system right now.

[Mop it up]

I don't want to buy multiple systems either. I'm in it for the games, so I just view hardware as an unfortunate necessary expensive and it has never been a fun purchase for me. It's been easy to do this and last gen though since Sony's systems after the PS2 don't interest me and no system MS has ever made interested me.

[Stogi]

Become a two year old gamer like me.

Video games depreciate in value ridiculously fast (unless they're rare). And unless I want to support a studio, I wait until it's in the bargain bin or on craigslist. Very rarely do I feel the need to own a game day one. And extremely rarely do I feel I need to own a console day one. It's simply not economical. I have other things I'd rather spend money on; records, instruments, food, travel, booze, what have you.

So unless you're an extremely avid gamer, relax on the games for a bit and soon you'll realize that new games to you are literally two years old or older.

EDIT:

I should probably add to the topic.

I don't see the lack of quality in Nintendo games. Trudging through a console cycle I can see why some wanted more, but I was always on the outside looking in. And they put out some fantastic games for the Wii. Super Mario Galaxy is my favorite game last generation, hands down. Sure it wasn't as cinematic as some of the games on PS3 and Xbox were, but those games never made me smile from the sheer creativity of it all.

Nintendo systems are like that now and I'm fine with it. I'll own every console they put out eventually if they keep making that single game I need to play. That one game that makes owning their console completely worth it.

[rlse9]

Agree completely.  If you factor in the Shop Your Way rewards points for a couple K-Mart pre-orders, I haven't spent more than $20 for a Wii U game yet and I have what I consider to be a pretty good collection of games.  If you're not concerned about playing online, it makes no difference in playing the game whether it's a day after a game releases or a year after but the price is a big difference.  Assassin's Creed IV went from $60 to being on sale for under $20 in 6 months...

[marvel_moviefan_2012]

Looks like Ian Sane was right all along the generation is over for Wii U.

[Khushrenada]

After this gen, I'm jumping ship.

Me too!




On to Nintendo's next console.

[Khushrenada]

Although I probably should have called that ship NEW Wii U 2. I'm slipping.

[Mop it up]

You sure are. What happened to you, man? You used to be cool. Now, you can't even be bothered to write more than one line.

[Shaymin]

Long posts are for weenies.

[NWR_insanolord]

If you need a big long post to convey what you're trying to say you probably suck at writing. Now, obviously your first reaction would be to think Khush is terrible, but if you look closer you see he's got his finger on the pulse of these forums.

[Khushrenada]

You sure are. What happened to you, man? You used to be cool. Now, you can't even be bothered to write more than one line.

Well, I posted a picture so that is like a 1,000 words right there. Not my fault if you skim over the picture and don't read it all.

If you need a big long post to convey what you're trying to say you probably suck at writing. Now, obviously your first reaction would be to think Khush is terrible, but if you look closer you see he's got his finger on the pulse of these forums.

So much for my reading comprehension. I can't tell if this is a compliment, insult or criticism of the whole forum.

[Adrock]

Dem art skillz

[NWR_insanolord]

If you need a big long post to convey what you're trying to say you probably suck at writing. Now, obviously your first reaction would be to think Khush is terrible, but if you look closer you see he's got his finger on the pulse of these forums.

So much for my reading comprehension. I can't tell if this is a compliment, insult or criticism of the whole forum.

Exactly as I intended.

[pokepal148]

And the PS5 and Xbox 8 will look something like this:

[Khushrenada]

And the PS5 and Xbox 8 will look something like this:

Are you referring to the physical size of those systems?

[rlse9]

So much for my reading comprehension. I can't tell if this is a compliment, insult or criticism of the whole forum.

Yes.

[Khushrenada]

If you need a big long post to convey what you're trying to say you probably suck at writing. Now, obviously your first reaction would be to think Khush is terrible, but if you look closer you see he's got his finger on the pulse of these forums.

So much for my reading comprehension. I can't tell if this is a compliment, insult or criticism of the whole forum.

Exactly as I intended.

You diabolical madman!

[Nile Boogie Returns]

And the PS5 and Xbox 8 will look something like this:

So who wins? This is a genius way to discribe 2 completely different same things.

[Adrock]