Poll: Are you excited for the next gen consoles ?

[JasonKaotic]

The 'no' options aren't very helpful.
I don't want another generation at all, I don't want to have to fork out yet more money I don't have in order to be able to play new games or play with my friends. I don't see why we need consoles more powerful than what we have now, they aren't exactly limiting.
That and all the talk of next-gen consoles not playing secondhand games is starting to make me nervous.
And if the current consoles go the way of the original Xbox and their networks get shut down so they can afford to run the new ones, we'll lose access any DLC and stuff we bought then deleted to make space on our consoles and we'll have just thrown out money into a well.
And if we buy any games with on-disc DLC half the disc will be locked out to us forever.
Among other things. Another console generation ain't a good thing.

 

[Souplex]

Your poll needs an "Eh" option.
I'll probably get the Xbox 720 a while after it comes out, and I don't think Pony can afford to do a PS4 due to how bankrupt they are right now.
I'd probably end up waiting 6 months to a year though. Wait for some decent games to come out for it, for them to iron out the hardware kinks, and for the price to drop.

 

[Signa]

If this generation had not been shit, I might have been able to muster up some excitement, but because of it, I'm almost exclusively a PC gamer now. It's sad, because when I was a kid, I drew no lines between games on consoles and games on the PC. A good game was good on whatever system it was on. Now it's all drama, marketing, and corporate control over the systems I own instead of just being about making great, memorable games.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

I am dubious about the next generation. If the PS4 is a brick of solid gaming goodness with no bullshit peripherals (at least at launch) like the PS3 is, and they haven't pulled any compulsory advertising or in-console DRM (or any of the other distasteful rumours going around) shit, I'll probably get one at launch to be honest. I know I get my value for money. But if any of the above is not true, I'll probably switch to PC. Pass Go, do not collect any other consoles. Don't let me down, Sony.

 

[Fijiman]

Where is the "not really" option?

 

[VeneratedWulfen93]

So long as I can transfer my gamerscore over. I didn't put 5 years into a number that means nothing for no reason and I don't want to start from scratch. I only play like two games on PC and consoles have been what I played for my gaming life so 720 at launch for me. I take the good and the bad of whatever comes my way.

 

[Nokturos]

I firmly stated that I would never get a PS3 when it came out. Then Rockstar didn't port Red Dead Redemption to PC, so I got a PS3. Something similar will probably happen again this time around.

 

[Mhora]

I'm one of those that'll buy himself a Xbox and a PS4, but if the 'exclusives' list ends up like with the current model (in which there are hardly any)it'll go down to who has the best service in my view and controller (the PS3 ones hurt my hands after awhile), or I'll not bother and just get everything on my PC as its usually cheaper these days

 

[Pink Gregory]

Really I'm more concerned about the games; unless an absolutely stonking new IP appears that actually takes advantage of being a console game and not just a PC port, then colour me only mildly interested.

And I think I can go without Bayonetta 2 without too much trouble, because the first one's all I need

It'll be interesting to see what will happen with the actual competition to the big 3; experience tells that they're just going to be pushing the 'entertainment centre' thing further and further, and I don't want a console for that.

 

[Myndnix]

Ehhh, I guess I'm kind of excited.
I'll probably end up buying all three, because I always do, but I'm not buying any of them at launch.
A rule of thumb is to never buy a console at launch- it's always buggy and has no good games. Give it a year, maybe two years, then buy it. Then it's worth it.

 

[Zhukov]

Nah.

I'm only interested in a console for the games it lets me play and currently there is absolutely nothing on offer, either because WiiU games all look like poop on a stick or because Sony and Microsoft haven't got their stuff out the door yet.

 

[an874]

I was likely to try to get and get the new xbox at launch, but then I read the articles about how Sony essentially only want rich people to play their consoles, and couldn't help wonder if microsoft wouldn't take a similar approach. I have to see what's up with them first.

 

[DoomyMcDoom]

Where's the "YES! Because it means that PC gaming might finally have some decent ports again!" option? I choose that one, because even though we have a ton of exclusives ourselves, the predominance of AAA game ports from console games leaves us PC gamers wishing that the console market would get an upgrade in hardware just to see what the big budget developers will do with it.

 

[Camaranth]

Not really. I'll probably pick up one of the new consoles a few years after release, when my backlog of games I want for this gen eventually runs out.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Not really. It's just graphics upgrades, and while I want to see photorealism as much as the next guy. personally I'd be perfectly happy if we had stayed at Gamecube or even PSP levels.

 

[TheSteeleStrap]

I'm moderately excited. I guess I'll buy the next Xbox when I get caught up on my backlog... And when I'm done playing games from this generation? Maybe I won't be getting one?

 

[HK_01]

Yes, I am really quite excited, but I'll buy none of them. The reason I'm excited is that I'm a PC player and the old consoles have been holding games back for quite a while now since almost all major releases are (also) developed for the console market.
I'm really looking forward to what this new generation brings in terms of visuals (and physics and stuff too, obviously).

 

[Genocidicles]

I'm only really considering getting a PS4... and's that only if doesn't come with built in motion controls and that rumour about it blocking used games is a load of crap.

I'm not getting a Wii U because of the gimmicky tablet crap.

I'm not getting an Xbox 720 or whatever it'll be called because XBL is getting more and more full of ads. Also because it's likely to come with a Kinect, and I'm not touching that rubbish with a ten foot pole.

So if the PS4 turns out to be a gimmicky joke like the other two (or block used games) then I'll just stick with my PC.

I might get an Ouya though.

 

[Tayh]

Only insofar that it might actually push developers to create games that will challenge the hardware in my computer for once.