I'm thinking "what to get" depends on YOU and your Ideals...I went into my local hunting Shangri-la (sportsmans warehouse) today and through a sea of shoppers I tread to the gun counter. I had to wait at about row 3 just observing to the various hunters pawing at their "wanting to get" rifles.

My observation:

There is a definite call for the WSM family. Anyone under the age of 35 was fondling one.
Even some of the oldtimers who I would be expecting to be handling something in a lever action..were talking short mags..a seasoned hunter commented "to tell you the truth, I want one because I think they're neat.

My explanation:

I think it is like anything new, in the technology sense, where this years model (simply because it is new) has an exotic edge over "last years model" Performance aside, (as so many cartridges will perform the required task)
This is not a Life/Death decision. You can get prepackaged meat with far less trouble than hunting it down yourself, so the subjective choices really are in play. (blondes or brunettes) Yes, You will get frowned at for hunting with a .223 on CXP3 game but you can explode rabbits with a 300wsm and nobody will care.

Do you do any shooting/ hunting and with what. That will tell us what you're sholder is used to.