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)
PlayStation does have exclusives, but most kids game appeal wouldn’t be for those exclusives as they tend to be longer more story focused games. I’d definitely go with Xbox for them as gamepass is an excellent value imo, there are so many games for them, and online play is included to play with their friends. It’s the obvious choice, gamepass alone makes it the instant winner for kids that can’t buy games on their own. You get to use the games as long as you stay subscribed, and there’s so many they can play and they’ll figure out which ones they’d like to keep in the future.