I must admit that I've been a lot more into PC gaming in recent years than I have console gaming, simply because the sheer power of a decent PC or Laptop offers you a very wide variety of games – very few of which are at the price of console games at launch. They also offer you sandbox titles which don't come to consoles or if they do, are restricted/slimed down (Minecraft is about the best example as things stand). Another reason is because I feel most games over the last five or six years for consoles has just been yet another FPS of some sort… I have become increasingly bored of this saturated genre to the point my eyes glaze over… The downsides? Keyboard controls are nowhere near as precise and indeed – it's complicated stuff. I know nothing about electronics or the insides of them, so if something doesn't work – I don't know how to fix it or what's wrong… In this respect a console is far superior. There’s no doubt about that.
During the last few years I’ve also taken to watching the big titles (those that interest me, anyway) and other various games via a few select YouTube 'Lets Players'. True, I accept I've become a bit lazy in watching various games rather than playing them but believe me, it'll save me a heck of a lot of money when it comes to the point where I finally take the plunge and buy a PS4. I'm actually looking forward to the indie titles as I find them a refreshing change from the endless tidal wave of FPS titles but again, until I buy the console – YouTube has been my gaming 'friend' as such.
I’ve been there and done it with regards to adapting early. I done it with both the PS2 and PS3 (PS1 was a present) and whilst it was great at the time, I felt ripped off on both occasions within months… I didn't regret buying the consoles but I regretted on both occasions not holding back as decent deals/packages started coming though. I’m determined for this not to happen this time around. I physically can't anyway – not with increasing responsibilities as the years have gone by. I’m really not fussed about being first or early to such things any more. It's inevitable that I'll get a PS4 in the end and I was going to start my search last month when it was my birthday. However I've had no drive to really do so and there's no better value bundles available at the moment anyway, so therefore remains on my 'to do' list.
Each to their own, of course…!