In Times

I've really been considering buying a PS4 lately, but, try as I might, I can't think of a good reason to do so just yet. There are games for the console I want, of course, but none of them are out yet and it's certainly possible they won't be out for awhile. I'm of course interested in Final Fantasy XV, but I'm convinced it won't be out until next year sometime. Disgaea 5 is set to release later this month, but no official North American release date has been confirmed. Then there's Persona 5, which is set to release. . .this year sometime. It's also available for PS3 and I've not heard any details on what differences there might be between those versions. The only PS4 game released so far that I kind of want to play is Infamous: Second Son, but most reviews I've read were pretty lukewarm--not the kind of reception that would provoke me into buying the console.

Still, I know I'll want to own the PS4 eventually. Would it not make sense to go ahead and get it now when I have some extra cash? I don't know. I just can't feel good about it unless there are two to three games on the console I'd really like to purchase. Let's not forget that I have plenty of games just lying there waiting to be played as it is.

The other thing I've been considering is actually purchasing a new PS2. Mine is in poor shape. It technically still works, but the disc tray is almost completely inoperable due to my attempts to mod it to play Japanese games. I was able to do so successfully, but getting the disc tray open now requires some pretty deft use of butter knives. If I got a new PS2, I could more conveniently play some of those games that have been in my backlog for some time. I'm playing Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne on PS3 as a PS2 Classic but I'd love to be able to pop in one of the many Nippon Ichi RPGs I haven't finished or even Digital Devil Saga. Now that I'm playing Nocturne, I'd definitely like to revisit those.

I do feel a little apprehensive about buying a replacement console, though. I almost want to wait until I've taken care of a lot of the other games I own, because I feel like I'm being spread pretty thin as it is, especially since I broke out Chocobo's Dungeon again last night. I need to be patient and work through these games one at a time, but games like  Etrian Odyssey are dangerously close to breaking that patience. Boy, are those games frustrating.