My entire life I've used Xbox consoles--the first console I used/had any sort of ownership over was the original Xbox, I went on to buy a 360, and then got an XB1 on launch day. There was a time where I was a bit of a Xbox fanboy--I like to think I've since changed as a person, though, and I started to get wooed by games like Until Dawn and the appeal of being able to finally see what the Uncharted series was all about and why everybody was blown away by Uncharted 4. Anyways, after first discovering Giant Bomb, I voraciously went through as much GB content as I could, until I kept finding recommendations in past forum posts for the Persona 4 Endurance Run. Now, I'm really not a JRPG guy (or Anime either, tbh) but for whatever reason I decided I wanted to first play the game for myself before watching Jeff and Vinny play through the entire thing, so I went out and bought a Vita TV and a copy of Persona 4 Golden. Despite some early uneasiness, I ended up falling in love with it and beating the entire game. It convinced me to buy a PS4 to be able to play Persona 5.
Fast forward to the slim reveal, and I decided that I might as well keep an eye out for a good deal on the OG model. I then saw the Best Buy pricing error on a slim + Platinum Headset bundle (they were throwing in the $150 pair of headphones for free) and I jumped on it. After it got cancelled (for obvious reasons), the disappointment drove me to throw caution to the wind and buy an Uncharted 4 Limited Edition PS4 (they were pricing it for the same price as a slim). I was able to get a used copy of the Uncharted Collection for $10, and I played through the entire Uncharted series as a sort of a marathon (I did UC1 and UC2 in one sitting each, UC3 in three sittings, and UC4 in three more sittings a week later). I had mixed feelings for the first three games (I hated the first, liked the second, thought the third was a mess) and loved UC4, but after that I sort of left my console unused for a while. I eventually found out that it was defective (this problem, specifically), and just earlier today sent it to Sony for repair.
But over the past week or so, after weeks of lack of use, I started to use the console again after redeeming an early access code for Modern Warfare Remastered and the Infinite Warfare beta, and I've turned somewhat sour on the console. Even ignoring the hardware issue I had, I keep running into multiple problems with PSN and the OS in general--payment methods not working, not being able to download themes and other content for a few days until they fixed certain server problems (while, as far as I could tell following PSN support threads, there was little to no messaging from Sony acknowledging such an issue even existed), not being able to mute my mic without creating a Party that only includes me (!), the download speeds being utterly abysmal (it took 40 min to download 10 gigs on my PC from Steam--it took 10+ hours to download the 30-ish gigs for Modern Warfare Remastered)--that really make me wish I was just using my XB1 instead. Even the one thing I've especially seen people harp on the most for the Xbox--its OS being slow compared the PS4--didn't really seem to hold up to me as I still felt like the PS4 OS lagged a bit at times (specifically the menu that comes up when you hold down the PS button).
On top of that, there really aren't any games I'd want to play on the PS4 that I couldn't already play on my Xbox (which, in all fairness, I don't have access to unless I visit back home, two hours away from my college) or on my PC with aging hardware. At one point I couldn't decide if I wanted to get Dishonored 2 (maybe the one game this year I know for a fact I'm going to get) on PC or PS4, but now I'm more inclined to get it on PS4 only if my PC falls below minimum specs. I've started to tell myself "get as few games as possible on this platform, because after Persona 5 odds are you're selling this console." And this really bums me out, because even if it fails in many respects I still want to have that window of access to Playstation exclusives that look good (I still need to check out The Last of Us, for example).
I guess this was a bit long and aimless, but am I alone in this feeling? Should I just sell the console now and then buy it on Black Friday when it gets even cheaper, or should I tough it out?
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