There will be plenty of people buying Xbox360 and PS3 the day they are released. People can and will be able to afford these systems. The hype machine hasn't even started yet...there are plenty of casual gamers who don't even KNOW about the new systems that are less than a year away! Launch games are usually not worth it, though, in my opinion. If Xbox360 was going to launch with Ninja Gaiden 2, I'd be all over it already (well, NG2 might not even be on Xbox360 according to IGN, but I digress). I remember PS2 launched with like...Summoner and a slew of other games that are largely forgettable. I can't even name some of the first games that Xbox launched with. If PS3 promised a Devil May Cry 4 and a Squareenix game, I'd probably cream my pants.
It's usually more prudent to wait. I for one am rather disappointed that EVERY launch title for both systems seem to be FPS games. I don't understand how FPS games got so popular on consoles...I've always prefered the 3rd person style of Ninja Gaiden/DMC, and those games sell the best, but apparently devs are convinced otherwise.
It's usually more prudent to wait. I for one am rather disappointed that EVERY launch title for both systems seem to be FPS games. I don't understand how FPS games got so popular on consoles...I've always prefered the 3rd person style of Ninja Gaiden/DMC, and those games sell the best, but apparently devs are convinced otherwise.