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I'm currently in the market for a next gen console and am deciding which one I should get.
The first is the WiiU.
Reasons I want to get it:
- Bayonetta 1 and 2. I never got to play the first one and hear that the second one is even better. These games seem right up my alley since I am huge fans of Devil May Cry and Metal Gear Rising. The Wii U edition is the definitive version of Bayonetta 1 and Bayonetta 2 is not coming to any other platform but Wii U.
- Nintendo games. Sure they seem samey but there is always something that pulls me in about them. Who doesn't like a good Mario game?
- Xenoblade and Xenoblade X. I didn't play the original Xenoblade and since the Wii U is backward compatible with the Wii, I will now be able to. I watched the Treehouse on Xenoblade X and it looked phenomenal.
- Splatoon looks fantastic. I love playing Counterstrike and Red Orchestra but this game looks so fresh and fun. The Treehouse videos had me mesmerized.
Reasons that shy me away from it:
- It's not secret that the Wii U is a flop. And it is also not a secret that Nintendo is likely to be the first of the big 3 to launch a new console. The question is when. If I get three more years of Wii U being the main Nintendo console that would be great. However if I come to find that next E3 Nintendo announced a new platform I'd be pissed.
- The Wii U may blow its load after Xenoblade X. The Wii had a great promising lineup back in (2008 I think?) but after Monster Hunter Tri their was virtually nothing else interesting until Zelda and Operation Rainfall games.
Second choice is the Playstation 4:
Reasons that I want to get it:
- Games that won't come to the PC. I have a gaming PC and I do most of my gaming on that. However I would be lying if I got sort of pissed that I went with the Wii last gen instead of the PS3 because I missed out on some games that either took an eternity to come to PC (hello Valkyria Chronicles), came to PC outdated (Blazblue), or didn't come to PC at all (Bayonetta). I really hope this doesn't happen again with Guilty Gear Xrd and whatever is planned down the line.
- I never played The Last of Us and I heard it is an incredible game. The definitive version is on PS4. I think that says enough.
- Persona 5...enough said.
- Long life. They system isn't even a year old yet. It has plenty of life left in it. It feels so stupid even typing out to say a new successor won't be released for years. And that is a positive.
Reasons that shy me away:
- Too similar to PC gaming. By and large the type of games made for consoles these days aren't that much different than what you can find on PC.I mean sure Killzone and Drive Club look like decent games but I can get similar and better experiences on my PC.
- PC ports are now as common as ever.I said previously that a plus was that I get games that don't come to PC. However over the past decade or so there has been a slow, but gradual, shift of console games to PC. Hell today you can find the likes of Killer is Dead, Dynasty Warriors, and Dead Rising 3 on PC while already big games like Metal Gear Solid V are announced for PC. In a few years it seems that almost every significant 3rd party game release, Japanese or American, will have a PC release within a year of release on consoles.
- Paying for online. I don't give shit about the "free" stuff I get on PSN Plus. Paying to play videogames on the internet is the most ridiculous crap I have ever heard. I guess Nintendo sort of does it too but I don't really count it if I can get the amount of money I would pay in a life time by looking down while walking on the sidewalk for two minutes.
- The lineup. Or should I say lack there of. I mean what's coming out for this system?There is Persona 5, Uncharted 4, and Guilty Gear Xrd. What else?
In a perfect world, but unfortunately I don't have enough expendable income to get both.
