@Peek-a-boo I've actually considered buying games I have very little interest in so that I'd have an excuse to continue playing on my Nintendo Switch. It's incredibly compelling hardware.
The PS4 will be getting most of my attention in a week or so, though, once one of my most anticipated games of all time releases.
Also, I come here for the community interactions. The news aspect is nice, I guess, but I trawl video game news websites every day and generally know about stuff before this site reports on it.
Hope I don't get crucified for this but I'd easily suggest a ps4. You'd have more than enough games to last until Christmas. With the switch you'd have Zelda and then maybe a new game every couple of months. If you wait until Christmas you can get a nice little switch collection of games immediately.
Get a ps4 now and you have a whole list of different types of games you can go through until then.
@nobboysbro well, maybe I was too hasty. I suppose it depends on what types of games you enjoy. With Nintendo you'll clearly get the colorful games, more kid friendly. With the PS4, they're still there with games like ratchet and clank, but by and large most of the greatest games on it are more "adult" oriented titles.
I'm sorry but i really don't get how you can't get the best game ever. I would pick a Switch, and not just Zelda. Opportunities and possibilities that you can get with Switch are incredible
@nobboysbro A PS4 will do you better right now. I would never recommend anyone get a launch or launch-window system unless they're already super-duper excited for it, considering how thin their libraries always are.
@TheLZdragon Ask @Ralizah. Out of all the weird games we get from Japan, that franchise has to be one of the weirdest, I've seen trailers, but I still have no idea what those games are all about...
@Octane without spoiling anything: super-stylized murder mystery adventure game/visual novel hybrid. The first one is OK, but Danganronpa 2 is a total masterpiece.
@nobboysbro Yeah, PS4 is a mature system with a big library (...finally...) and tons of discounted content. Switch is brand new and just trying to establish its library with half of what's pending unknown to us mere mortals. If the hardware concept of portable/console hybrid appeals to you there's only one choice. If Nintendo games are your top priority there's only one choice. But for a (for the next year or so) bigger library and lower prices is most important, PS4 will win.
@Octane As a launch day owner I found the first year catastrophically depressing. I played the launch games "because launch", actually kind of liked Knack. Even played it with Remote Play a little and it worked ok-ish-I-guess. Tried Remote Play with KZ and never bothered with RP again Nothing else was terribly interesting. Second Son was the first interesting game on the system (fun though it was, it was a smaller game than 1&2 rushed for launch window.) AC3 I played on WiiU so I suppose it counts. I don't know are we counting Watch Dogs? Do we have to? Also can I get those 20 hours of my life back, is there like a rebate center or something for that?
I have a few launch year titles still in shrinkwrap. I doubt I'm going to play them, most of them were remasters of PS3 games anyway. That was a dull year all around and 3DS got most of my play time.
It has a great library NOW, but there's no sugar coating launch year. That was just dire.
Edit: I mean I thought that was the whole point of the "Greatness Awaits" slogan/meme. It wasn't a slogan it was a statement
@NEStalgia Wasn't arguing about the quality. As I said, the first 12-18 months were pretty shallow on must-have quality titles. 2015 was the first good year and it was also the year I bought my PS4. But in terms of quantity? Yeah, the games have always been on the PS4, just not the games I'd recommend to any new PS4 owner. Apart from a few exceptions, I think that the ''best'' PS4 games were released in the last two years.
@Octane Yeah, your timings are all about what I'd say too. I don't think "must have" is a requirement but I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with any platform going by "quantity" (of ports from the previous console and HD re-releases that had no content updates other than just setting the rendering target at a higher resolution" Those HD games weren't remasters with new texture, they were just PS3 games recompiled for PS4 and set at a higher res. )
That applies to X1 too. That 12-18 month period had very little in the way of any actual content for those consoles. Just prior-gen ports and upscales.
Switch is doing a little better. More dead space between releases, a few blockbusters in year 1, and the only HD port is Kart so far. Skyrim too. Not too different from the PS4 launch, but with less quantity and more quality. There at least are reasons to recommend one if those titles resonate. PS4 lacked that for the first 12 months entirely Heck even in the past year what did I end up playing after Uncharted 4? The HD Uncharted trilogy. Though I still do have a backlog. I finally OPENED Deus Ex: MD, for a day, then realized I should work through my WiiU backlog before disconnecting it for Switch....so I'll get back to that! Except Persona next week....
2016-2017 seems to be the best gaming time in the past decade so far. Between Switch and PS4's sudden resurrection that backlog is growing mighty fast.
@NEStalgia I know it's too early but so far I'd say 2013-2014 was the better time period on the Nintendo front. 2017 Switch is rather weak compared to 2013 3DS and 2014 Wii U from what's been announced so far.
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