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The benefits you mentioned, along with exclusives, have basically always been the reason to purchase consoles. Depending on how MS and Sony handle this “1.5 generation,” this may continue to be the case (if games are simply released in 720/1080p versions AND 4K ones), but if games start becoming exclusive to the newer…

I haven't built a PC in years but I'm more than motivated to do it now.

ya... except even Oculus themselves have said they’re a long way away from making the Rift work with the One... that is mostly about the controller partnership and considering the 360 Controller has long been the standard of PC gaming controllers thats not a huge surprise.

Nintendo has been doing this for ages and people eat it up.

Technically, you won’t be losing out, if there are no game exclusive to the higher end version. That’s like saying you’re missing out if you have a 3DS XL instead of a New 3DS XL. Don’t fret! ^_^