Yea, but I think the $299 model is being discontinued.

Well... so far it seems like there are more Xbox One games that interests me than PS4 ones. I tend to be more of a Forza 3+ guy than Gran Turismo, although I liked the old GT games a lot, and although Halo is slow-paced compared to other first-person shooters, I find that more suitable for my gameplay preferences and skills, and I have some friends that play the series a lot. I don't do campaings in FPSes so that won't matter very much to me.

There still remains the issue about the console costing $499.99 vs $399.99, though. Even at $399.99 I would not even be able to afford it right now, so I'll wait until it's like $299.99 maybe, unless I get a lot of money in the near future.

Also, although the DRM crap was solved a long while ago, I am still not 100% confident that most new consoles will last more than 2 years without breaking. I had too many bad experiences with Xbox 360 console disc players stopping working, not detecting wireless gamepads, the pause menu popping up randomly every now and then for no reason and dreaded RRoD's, and the PS3 used to have problems too. I also heard that some people had troubles with their PS4's, so I can only assume that early Xbox Ones will be at risk too. That's the word we live in, today.

Also I tend to not trust extended warranties, because what if the store goes bankrupt or closes down before it expired? Several Best Buy stores, for instance, suddenly closed with no warning last year in Sherbrooke and Montreal area.

Or from 7 to 8. Why fix something that isn't nearly as broken as its predecessors?

With consoles becoming more similar to PC's it's only a matter of time before there is no price difference, no difference in ease of use, no difference in size. The only thing with consoles that sets them apart is the controller.

The handheld market still has potential, but I feel like this might be one of the last console generations.

This is why I will never get the console until it drops down in price. I'll never pay $500 for such console, knowing that in 4 years I might have to replace it or that my favorite game genres will suddenly desert it.

What I liked about the Xbox 360 was the abundance of RPGs from 2008 to 2010. However, after 2010 almost every RPG moved on to the PS3 and the only few that still came out on the 360 were western-style RPGs that are so dark that they're depressing to play. On the other hand, it took the PS2 and PS3 about three years respectively until JRPGs start invading them. I would say it's kinda a gamble in terms of games, which further strenghtens my decision to wait for a while before buying the console.

But yeah, to be honest, it seems that this gen of console has nothing really special to offer compared to previous gens. Plus almost every launch title is just yet another CoD/Assassin's Creed game that will be replaced by a new one adding nothing new next year and so on.

Not that I play my new consoles as much as old ones anyway (except maybe the Wii U).