I consumed everything about the PS1, but once the PS2 dropped, I knew I wouldn't be able to afford it for a while. I got my first job, saved up a few paychecks, and the day the Resident Evil DVD dropped, I went to Babbages and bought both Resident Evil and a PS2.
Two years of games had come out at the point and I was completely out of the magazine game by then. So I really had no idea what was out, what was good, what was not.