I see a lot of "the consoles will be a launch disaster without strong launch titles" a lot, but I don't know if that's true. It isn't for me. Price is going to be my #1 determining factor, and performance. If the consoles are on the low end (say $400 range), it is a no-brainer I buy both. If we see $600, I'm down to one or maybe even none. In the middle of that and I'll probably buy 1. Obviously if the price is different between the two, that will factor in as well. Halo being delayed honestly has zero impact on my decision. I have Game pass so of course I would have played it day 1, but it isn't critical. I'm probably going to spend my time mostly on multiplats anyway.
Most likely, I'm going to want the box with the most terafloopers to run multiplats the best + factor in price.
Halo being delayed does give Sony has a chance to have a better launch lineup than someone for the first time ever
There have been very few great exclusive launch titles ever so its hardly a big deal. If you are buying at launch you are doing so as an investment in the future but I would still like the overall lineups including multiplats to turn out stronger than we know because I can't say I'm thrilled with the idea of buying a new next gen console to play the games I am playing now even though it is nice to know we can.