Doctor Glyndwr wrote:
Intersting. So you don't buy things based at all on how useful they will be in the future then? You strictly only consider how useful they are right now?
Only just replying to this. The PS4, is the first console I've ever bought where the current content available doesn't justify the purchase . But I would still advise against copying me on that. Although to be clear I already had a WiiU.
I think choosing hypothetical future greatness of the PS4 over current greatness is unwise.
The WiiU has the greatest catalogue of games I've seen for a very long time, and it has them
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New Super Mario Bros U - will, once time has distanced people, will be regarded as the greatest 2D mario ever made. By keeping the graphics similar, they've alienated a huge audience from one of the greatest games ever made. An order of magnitude better than NSMB Wii, NSMB 2, even SUPER MARIO WORLD.
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Nintendo Land - also none as the happiest family experience ever.
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Bayonetta 2 - a fully
nintendo game. By which I mean the mechanics are proudly in front and centre.
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Mario Kart 8 - Without a doubt the greastest Mario Kart I've ever played. Even better than Double Dash - the much maligned true classic of the series. A perfect game.
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Super Mario 3D World - Another game polished to perfection, which gives is such a sense of physical reality it is unmatched by any other next gen game.
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Shovel Knight - My genuine game of the year. I've never had a nes. I've no nostaliga for one. It stands without ironic fandom for retro. It's just genuinely superb.
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There are games I suspect I would add to that list (Captain Toad, New Super Luigi Bros, Pikmin 3, Monster Hunter, Scram Kitty etc) but I've just not had time to play them yet. I've spent hundreds of hours in what I listed.
In an era of unfinished games, where spectacle becomes evermore important, I would always recommend Nintendo first, because playing games, when it comes down to it is about the
mechanics and, Dark Souls aside, no other console has that understanding running through it's line up.
Obviously, if you've a huge amount of time to play games (or a nerdy obsessive (like me)), then you are clearly going to need more content than a WiiU can provide. But in either case, your first next gen console purchase should be a WiiU. Then, if you play enough to justify it, a PS4 (primarily for the indie output (nidhog) and PT).
Anyone who is only going to play a little? I would recommend a Wii U first everytime.