It's the FOMO, OP. It's an exclusive for a while so it will drive consumerism.
Personally I have a somewhat OK PC for work and I won't die if I don't play a game at release. Imo, no gaming experience is worth buying an entire new gaming eletronic. The older I get, the less I see the reason for this kind of crap. Back when MH Rise was released I thought that it would suck to not play it right away (I even had a switch for other games, but found it kinda terrible to play on it), but give a few weeks and the hype is over and boom, when you see, it's released on PC.

If you don't prefer playing at a console and doesn't really want to play any of the other games, learn to wait. It's worth it.