I'm aware of the Red Dead story order, but many people still swear that it pays to play it in release order simply because 1. The second game is simply better than the first, and 2. Many of the story beats in the second game only hit a certain intended way if the player has played the first game and knows what's being foreshadowed.
My plan is to one day first play them in release order, then later in story order. Sadly I'm not "allowed" to touch RDR2 until she's "done" with it, though.
And yeah, I actually have a list of about twenty Wii U games I want, and that's enough to justify a purchase for me, especially since stores are pretty much just giving them away now. We were kicking around ideas for picking up a "new old" console when we got paid next, and that won out over a Dreamcast. Mostly because I can still go right to a store and buy almost all the games I want for it without having to go online.
Y'know what else I need, is a region-free PS2. One that actually plays discs, not one that's modded for emulators and such. But apparently that's gotten tough to find. Because I've needed a new PS2 for over ten years and I seriously missed a lot of Japanese wrestling games I simply must have.
Clearly my priorities are awesome.