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[Miles708]

I still like tech. Obviously when I buy at launch I have to buy 1 or 2 launch games, after that I go back to waiting for sales on crossgen games.
My issue is that I don't consider games to be worth 60$, no matter how "big" they are, even more now when they release incomplete and buggy. It's not than I can't afford them.
Buying at launch is paying more to beta test and having to deal with the frustrations of bugs, crashes, imbalanced content, missing content, etc.
I have a better experience playing later for 30$ than those that paid 60$ at launch.

I'm sorry, I think i didn't understand your post fully. I've been sick all day
You say you plan to buy at launch (and that's fair) and think the 60$ price tag at launch is too much, especially given the bugs (that's fair, too).
But these to concepts clash with one another, don't they? The best time to buy a new console is (historically) about 2 years after launch, exactly for the reasons you said.
You could have a much better deal by then, both for hardware and software, without having to give in to Sony's marketing shenanigans.

 

[Ar¢tos]

I'm sorry, I think i didn't understand your post fully. I've been sick all day
You say you plan to buy at launch (and that's fair) and think the 60$ price tag at launch is too much, especially given the bugs (that's fair, too).
But these to concepts clash with one another, don't they? The best time to buy a new console is (historically) about 2 years after launch, exactly for the reasons you said.
You could have a much better deal by then, both for hardware and software, without having to give in to Sony's marketing shenanigans.

In a perfect world I would do that, but I can't resist the "new console" smell.

 

[Miles708]

In a perfect world I would do that, but I can't resist the "new console" smell.

Clear That's fair.

 

[yurinka]

"Common sense" is literally based on nothing since no one has any idea the R&D costs nor bulk deals Sony or MS has with manufactures. The idea of 8 GB GDDR5 in a console launching in 2013 was widely scoffed at due to arm chair BOM estimates as well.

Bloomberg is the closest and most reputable source we have so far.

People like Digital Foundry is more reputable for technical stuff.

 

[Thirty7ven]

People like Digital Foundry is more reputable for technical stuff.

The only thing DF is reputable for are rendering technique analysis, pixel and frame-rate counting.