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)
Personally I would go with the new PS5 slim model that just came out. Spider-Man 2 is just mindblowing for kids imo, and it has a few other advantages I prefer like the exclusives, controller, and awesome 3D audio built-in every game. One thing to get used to is the annoying monthly fee consoles have just to game online which doesn’t exist in the PC world.
Anyway both consoles are fantastic and I’m not hating on either one, I much prefer PC gaming anyway.