As an experienced gamer for more than 36 years (I am 40), I now know exactly how hype works and I am reluctant towards it. Trends show, that companies often trickle just enough units to make some money but not enough to fill the demand. This helps to boost the demand so that they can make more. It is a bit of a form of trickery and that's just how the system works.
However, I really don't mind waiting ten months or even longer from the original product launch date to ensure that I'm getting the best deal possible.
Getting anything new on launch day is more just for idiotic bragging
rights that than anything else. The people buying them, are usually the
ones who have a need to brag, or have deep wallets, or are YouTubers who want more views, or are Benchmarkers who want
attention, but none of them are real hardcore gamers. They aren't going
to use the products full-time for their intended use, and that is
non-stop awesome gaming. They will be too busy showing off that they got
it first so they can get more hits on their channel/website.
They are techies, they are geeks, they are entertaining, but they are not true gamers.
Let's take new PC graphics hardware for example. The new GeForce RTX 3080 and 3090 are beyond reach for most people. Right now, early buyers, including retailers are scalping. That is buying as many units as they can and reselling it for way more than it's worth so they can make a profit.
I am patiently waiting for the RTX 3070 and am making sure that the prices are inline with what the manufacturer suggests before buying one. I won't fall for the bullsh!t prices we're currently seeing for RTX 3080 and 3090 units selling for one-and half to two times their worth. F*ck that!
And now for the two new next generation consoles PS5 and Xbox Series X. These units are also getting pre-orders left
and right and there is no way to fill the demand. Even if you manage to
get a pre-order for a brand new PS5 or Xbox Series X, in about eighteen to twenty-four months from launch, trend shows there will be a hardware revision refresh. For the PS5, expect there to be a PS5 Slim or PS5 Pro. For the Xbox expect there to be a redesign that will also slim down or trim the console size.
Personally, I'm waiting for the all black PS5 Digital Edition. I really don't care for the 4K bluray. I don't want to buy disc games at all anymore, and I don't want to have to resell them later on Craigslist or to EB Games when I'm done with them. I especially don't care for unethical stores like EB Games or GameStop who buy our used games, and then resell them for higher price to make a profit. I'm pretty sure their business is dying and predict that they will be gone by the turn of the decade if not sooner.
As for actual games, often launch days are very rocky. If it is an online, persistent type of game, expect crashes and server error messages to last the first week at least. In the first few months, also expect buggy performance and glitches that QA was not able to catch during the final phases of release. Games often take substantial time, to get patched and remove undesirable elements from gameplay. Game companies know this, and the best companies, constantly patch their games according to data and feedback from actual players.
That is why I sometimes wait an entire year or more so that I can experience a game to it's full potential rather than playing an overpopulated, or slow, or buggy mess. More than often, some new games will get sad low scoring reviews in their very first month of premiering, only to be absolutely awesome a year later, but then nobody cares about it, because they only read, or saw, or heard about the initial bad review and think the game still stinks even though it really doesn't. Horrendous!
This is just my opinion. Everyone has one and you don't have to take my word for it. I always tell people not to believe what they hear, and make their own judgement. The same goes for my own opinion. You don't need to believe everything I write or say, but do make sure to form your own opinion based on your experience first before weighing in on what someone else says about a subject.
