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)
If they have friends on a certain platform, get that so they can play most games with them. (some dont have crossplay or are exclusive) If not, I would recommend ps5 due to exclusives such as sackboy (littlebigplanet) ratchet and clank, and spider man. One of the better deals currently is a bundle that contains spider man 2.
A ps5 has exclusives that would be great for them as they get older such as god of war.
If you want them playing older games, then I would recommend the xbox with its backwards compatibility. A large majority of the xbox 360 games and original xbox games will work on a current generation xbox.
Or you could wait for the KFConsole /j