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)
I’d say ps5 purely based on the fact that if you have a decent pc you can play Xbox games without an Xbox via game pass. Ps5 also has the best exclusives at the moment. Most games are cross play except for the rare console exclusive. We have a ps5 and I have Xbox controllers for my pc and my son prefers ps5 controllers because they fit his small hand better. He also has a gaming laptop but he uses the ps5 more often than not. My son plays on ps5 one of his friends plays on Xbox, one plays on ps4 one plays on switch and if I ever play with him I’m on PC and we can literally all play together. Kids will usually be playing fortnight but my son also loves rocket league (great game to play with them)