I guess it would depend on what kinds of music are most important to you.
I have an acoustic guitar and want to learn as many styles of music as possible. My brief experience so far was that i started with a pick because it was easier to get a consistent sound as well as having one less thing to have to focus on.
I was allways losing picks and since I wanted to be able to play all kinds of music it made sense to learn how to finger pick. At first it was a small step backwards because i was adding another element but now I barely have to think about it. I can easily do anything I could do with a pick and quite a bit more.
Having said that there are great guitarists who use them and great ones who dont so really its your choice but just dont give up on finger picking because it seems a little bit harder at the start because that will pass and it will make you more versatile in the long run.