Im not much of a gamer (ironically I make games for a living) but I made a bet with my kids that if the Detroit Lions make the playoffs this year I’ll buy them a system, and its looking like almost a lock to happen, so I want to get in on some Holiday deals.
This is their first non-Nintendo system so I’m a little lost on which way to go at this point in the generation cycle. For reference they’re 7 and 9 year old boys and are gonna be new to gaming that isnt based around crafting or Italian brothers. (i made them use my old NES, then SNES first, then got them a Switch a couple years back)
Are they going to play online with friends? If so find out what the kids they want to play with have. Sony are dicks and don’t allow crossplay so if their friends have Xbox and you get a PS5 they won’t be able to play together (and vice versa). If that doesn’t matter then yeah, like others have said an Xbox with gamepass is hard to beat for children.
But most games Sony have allowed that now. They don’t like it but most games is crossplay nowdays.