Three Reasons You Should Wait To Buy a Next-gen Console
Reason 3 - Graphics
With very few exclusive titles on both Xbox One and PlayStation 4, perhaps the biggest reason gamers want to pull the trigger on buying a next-gen console right away is the perceived benefit of enhanced graphics. Let's take a look at some screenshots comparing the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on PS4 and Xbox One compared to the Xbox 360/PS3 Tomb Raider game:
Can you tell which screens are from which versions? All but the most hardcore of gamers probably can't (the ones with the Tomb Raider logo in the corner are from the PS3/360 version). Maybe you can see a bit more detail in the Definition Edition's screens, but the difference is negligible. Is spending $400 - $500 on a new console really worth an increase in graphics that you probably won't even be able to discern without scrutinizing a side-by-side comparison?
Perhaps the most impressive example of next-gen graphics thus far is Battlefield 4. It can't really be argued that Battlefield 4 looks completely different on next-gen consoles (this video from IGN will make that point glaringly clear). Obviously next-gen consoles are more powerful and games are only going to look better and better as developers get used to creating games for them but the leap in graphical capabilities isn't quite as large as it was from PlayStation 2 to PlayStation 3 for example. Unless you only play video games for graphics, then this just isn't going to be enough for most people to justify buying a console for. Waiting until the gap in graphics grows more noticeable might be a good idea.
ConclusionWaiting on an Xbox One or PlayStation 4 will allow you to get it for cheaper, ultimately give you access to a wider library of exclusive games making your purchase worth it, and allow you to play games with even better graphics than what you can see today as developers grow accustomed to creating on each console. There are some other benefits not mentioned in the list above such as being able to get newer models with updated internals and the correction of launch design flaws if you just wait. Gamers might be eager to obtain the latest and greatest in technology but there are clearly many benefits to waiting when it comes to next-gen gaming consoles.
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It's good to see some people with some reasoning here (except one guest). Running out to by the next-gen at launch is a fool's errand...I'm in no rush.
My only fear is that as publishers will rush and try to force obsolescence of 360 and PS3 by not making anything for it while they pump out next gen titles. Call me out of it, but that doesn't seem to have been the case last time, or even the time before that. PS1 slowly went away, PS2 hung around most of PS3's life. Xbox had a good couple of years it shared with 360.
yeah, i'm waiting. and i don't mean to sound like one of those annoying anti-console people, but pc's are way better than consoles, especially with my gtx titan. hell even when i just had one gtx 760 it was way better. if i can get a game that a lot of my friends aren't getting and it is available for pc, i get it for pc. my consoles are used more for gaming with my friends, not hardcore gaming. graphics wise, cpu wise, storage wise, basically yeah, pc dominates, its why people should invest in a pc rather than these overpriced consoles.
I jumped from PS2 to PS3 rather quickly because there was backwards compatibility (at least for the first iteration or so) and because of definite enhancements to graphics (HD), storage (internal hard drive), media (PS3 doubles as a Bluray player), and other features that were clearly a generation above (same going from PS1 to PS2). The jump between PS3 and PS4 is not so great though I am jealous of the CPU and GPU combination and supposedly improved interface.
This is the first generation of consoles since 1990 that I have no interest in buying.
I just bought a PS3 (a month ago). $250, 250 GB, and it came with The Last of Us. Plus, I got a few great games for less than $15-$20 each.
Wait even longer; smart people. Next-gen is a joke ATM. Let them drop the prices, work out bugs, release cooler-running CPU/GPU's, and let developers actually make games that push the new processors.
Plus, if you like RPGs, the wait for next-gen RPGs is a long one... Nothing really until the last quarter of 2014. I enjoyed an X-box, a PS2, and a PC for a long time while waiting. There are plenty of games; so unless you are really hardcore (read: rich, and have spent 1000's of dollars as well as 1000's of hours playing in the past several years) into video gaming; there's no rush.
I bought Wii U, PS4 and the Xbox One...WORTH IT!