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)
Do this instead, take an interest in your kids interests. You claim to make games for a living but don’t know anything about a “non-nintendo” game system? Huh? Have you tried talking to your kids about what they like and what their friends like?
well hold on, thats not fair at all. Im very involved with my kids and their interests. My question on which system is because at this point in the generational cycle, i’m not sure if there’s anything that really separates one from the other so I thought I’d ask but I guess I could have just kept googling which is the better option. And asking what their friends like or have returns the answers “Bryce has a PC and plays Fortnite, Caleb has a PS5 and Henry plays MineCraft on his Xbox.” and that’s one kid. If I ask the 7 year old the answer is generally “I don’t know.” Kids change their mind every 5 minutes, im just trying to get a few nuggets of feedback and wisdom so I make the best educated decision I can. And as far as I “claim” to make games for a living, I’m a dev at one of the largest mobile publishers, so I don’t console game very much. The last game I remember buying was COD: Black Ops so its been a minute.
I’m sorry then, from the context you provided and the texts it seemed as if you were not concerned nor did you care.
Oh okay, mobile games makes sense, you’re not a gamer but you make mobile stuff. I don’t mean that as an insult, it’s just the truth. If you mobile game, you’re not a gamer, you just enjoy casual stuff and that’s totally ok.
Also, can I just add a piece of advice and it’s likely not worth anything, don’t listen to what they say, watch they do. For example, I gave my nephew my old PS4 a few years ago. Then I went and hung out with him, he was playing Dark Souls, a game I NEVER would play, but I learned from that. He played it for hours and was quite bad at it, but it was nice to hang out with him and learn why he liked it.
Kids won’t always tell you exactly what they enjoy, but if you take a little time and pay attention, they’ll show you. Here’s something I tried: “I want to buy you a game for your birthday, do you have a few games or one you would like?” Then I ask about that game and listen, usually when kids find something they are passionate about, they’ll just tell you.
All that being said, I’m sorry if I made it seem like you don’t care about your kids, you clearly do. I only had so much context to go off of and I misunderstood, that’s my bad.
edit: get your kids a PC, it’s by far the superior and they won’t ever wanna go back to console gaming.