These arguments are always a bit daffy. Don’t buy it then. I mean- Xbox and PS2 were like $200-300 and by the time you could buy an Xbox 360 or PS3 for about that much you could buy the older consoles for like $50 or even free- or buy used and get like 100 games and 4 controllers and all these peripherals with the console for like $150 or less.
If you waited until the PS4 and Xbone came out to buy a 3 or 360 you could get a similar deal and if you hadn’t played the “new” generation the graphics and games of the older console would still be “new” and amazing to you.
End of day there is what is called the “bleeding edge.” If you want to always have the newest and best you are going to pay a cost premium and likely a better, cheaper version will be along shortly. Either wait for the floor to drop or accept that being an early adopter usually has costs to it and you’re buying an early version of a technology that will almost certainly become cheaper and more advanced.
If you waited until the PS4 and Xbone came out to buy a 3 or 360 you could get a similar deal and if you hadn’t played the “new” generation the graphics and games of the older console would still be “new” and amazing to you.
End of day there is what is called the “bleeding edge.” If you want to always have the newest and best you are going to pay a cost premium and likely a better, cheaper version will be along shortly. Either wait for the floor to drop or accept that being an early adopter usually has costs to it and you’re buying an early version of a technology that will almost certainly become cheaper and more advanced.