We can go over the fine details of his post until the sunsets. We have to go with what makes sense realistically. . What should I do with my Vita if I have it today? Play games right and that's the price of buying it early just like buying everything else early in life. If Marty wants to establish a place in his world where everyone waits until a price drop on his product and wares then by all means Marty can go right ahead. Coming into a launch spread preaching about waiting for price drops is silly and quite hypocritical as another poster stated. So if he wants to say he never bought anything day one or splurged on something then he can say that also. Just not in here.
If you feel he's right and I'm wrong we are all entitled to that. He is also entitled to post how he feels. I just posted how I feel on the subject. That's all.
What? I'm talking about being a smart shopper. There is a pattern of sales that you can expect. It was highly probable that some store or stores were going to have sales on Vita games during the launch to be competitive against each other. We need not look any further than less than a year ago when the 3DS launched. It's like we all know, come the Fall, usually sometime in October, there's going to be at least one B2G1 offer from TRU. It's like clockwork.
I'm not advocating don't buy anything until a price drop. I'm saying you can expect a sale within a reasonable time frame so it's worth waiting and seeing, especially if you're not going to be able to play the game anyway or at least if it only means waiting a couple days. Let's look at Hot Shots Golf and Wipeout, those were at 25% off and to me that was within range of what we could expect from a sale anyway so I would totally think it's a wise gamble to get those regardless of what launch sales there might be. It's an unknown gamble but a reasonable one and heck you saved 25% off full price.
I'm not saying wait months, I'm saying wait until the launch or at least a couple days.
Some quick questions.
1) Can you buy the physical/cart copy of a game, and then rip it to the memory stick?
2) Are there any surprises people pondering the whole digital vs physical game purchase route should be aware of?
1) Nope
2) Just realize physical will be cheaper in the long run and in some ways more future proof. Go digital if you want convenience but don't mind spending more.
Some people don't care about saving some money for their new toy.
No reason to judge, preach, or laugh.
I'm ok with that; just own up to it that you're burning cash or don't complain when a sale hits. That's all. What does amuse me though are the people who have to wait for a tax return in order to get one but then waste more money than needed in the process.