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)
When going to go for a console. I’d firstly would try to hear your kids of which console does their freinds have as there’s a chance they’ll play with friends in spare time.
Secondly if ypur kids don’t have any preference. Then figure what thay probably want to go for. Both consoles are pretty much the as for the specs and all games can look good. So it’s not the performance which separates them.
PS5 have some extremely good first party games: Here’s a list of most https://m.imdb.com/list/ls566589686/
There’s also a subscription which most people are happy about.
The Xbox is more focused on what the games pass has to offer. There’s a pretty huge variety of games in there.