Hah. I totally would do that if I could. It's just that's a pretty big pile of cash upfront, especially when I already have a PC that can run stuff as well or better.

Still, I'm somewhat envious!

I would love a PC port right about now, even with the track record the series has of...not-great PC ports.

That's true. There probably won't be a significant price drop for a while, and if you know for a FACT you're going to get one over the other, then why not?

But if you're on the fence at ALL, it seems like the better move is to wait and see how things play out for a bit.

Well, sure. I mean...I find myself strongly tempted because of Dead Rising 3.

I'm just (probably) making myself hold off because, well...things could change. More exclusives could be announced for one or the other. I may eventually get both systems, but it'll be a while before that happens, so the first one needs to…

What do I suggest they do?

I dunno. Something small. A free month of PS+, maybe (which is what Microsoft did with Live the times I had to return my console for a RRoD). Another $10 credit on PSN. Even, as someone else suggested, just extend the warranty for an extra year. I'm certainly not suggesting they should give…

Nice review: thorough and fair.

It also reaffirms the idea that, unless you ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE one of the launch games right this very second, the smart move is probably to wait before taking the next-gen plunge.

That may be true, but unless the failure rate is actually, what, somewhere in the neighborhood of 40-50% over those three years, Sony is still making money on those contracts.

A game can feel tired presumably from a sense of "been there, done that". Like...the whole thing is just sort of rote, mechanical, soulless repetition of a past formula.

(I'm not saying that's what this new Mario game is; that would be silly! I have not played it yet, so what do I know?)

I just know that, looking at it,…

Heh, for what it's worth, I took a couple of years of Japanese in college myself. Then in year 3 we entered the "memorize 50 kanji a week" stage, and I said, "Nope! Not doing that." and stopped.

Eh, maybe -some- people on the internet would say that, though they probably weren't potential customers anyway. People on the internet will say stupid stuff regardless of what they do.

Anecdotaly, I know several people outside of the U.S. who have canceled their PS4 preorders because of this whole thing, so the loss…

Exactly. I mean...the New Super Mario Brothers (and Mario Land 3D, and all of that stuff) is great, don't get me wrong, but it feels kind of...static. It just doesn't have the sense of wonder, the sense of exploration and scale and newness that the previous console-defining entries did.

Huh, I might have to look into that. I'm considering upgrading my card at some point in the not-too-distant future, as my GTX 470 is getting a little bit long in the tooth.

Normally, I'd agree with you.

The thing is, in this case, Sony isn't just selling a device. They're selling a brand. They're up against the XBox One in a very direct, very public way, and at this point, what you're buying when you get a console on day one is that particular console's -brand-. You're buying it based on…

If you'd read the other responses, you'd see that I agree it's not necessary. They're not obligated to do anything beyond, you know, fix it.

An additional gesture, though, would be a good customer relations move. That's all.

Huh, really? Well...that's obnoxious. I think it actually happened both of the most recent times I had to send it in.

And why not? It's a customer relations gesture that costs them very little (especially compared to the shipping costs they were already eating) but is likely to generate some good will from the customer…

No, them fixing it is equivalent (in this admittedly strained analogy) the kitchen fixing your order because they screwed it up.

And yes, a restaurant is different from an electronics company. So I'll ask again: did you feel the same way about their response to the PSN outage?

Man, I don't know even know why I'm responding. I think you might've gotten "martyr" and "masochist" confused, because it seems like I'm a glutton for punishment.

Christ, I wish Kotaku had an "ignore" feature.

I could live with that, too. Not exactly showy, but...yeah, that'd work.

Nice, if I were playing "console warrior bingo", I think I would've just won. To be fair to you, though, "entitled" is pretty much a free square.

You're also assuming I pre-ordered a PS4 and am angry because mine didn't work. Neither part of that is true.

But hey, by all means, please continue to angrily defend the…

This season? Not a lot; the only thing I've done a decent job of keeping up with is Log Horizon, and I'm behind on even that. I've been kind of caught up in other stuff.

I intend to get caught up on certain other shows, though, like Coppelion. I'll give Kill la Kill, Kyouki no Horizon, Samurai Flamenco, etc. a few…