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 think I’d probably go for Xbox over PlayStation for kids.
Reasons:
The Xbox Game Pass has far more quality and quantity than the PlayStation equivalent, at this moment (though it could change). But it also has the call of duty franchise included from next year, which is going to be a major win for you.
Xbox seems to have a large number of child focussed games, that are not included in the PlayStation pass.
If you get game pass Ultimate for Xbox, if you’re a gamer you’ll also get to benefit on your PC.
IMO PlayStation are producing better single player games though. Bethesda seems to be shipwrecked, while Sony are dropping Spiderman’s and Horizon Zero Dawn on their pass.