Why? My kid isn't getting a Series X. He's got a 32" 720P TV in his room. What's he need a 4K box for? I don't see him ever having a big screen 4K TV in his room while he's living at home. Even college kids...most aren't gaming on good quality 4K TVs or $1000 monitors in their dorms. When the next GTA or big multiplayer game comes out, a 1080P experience will be more than enough. With Series X, you're likely paying $200 more for 4K, better textures and better lighting. It's the enthusiast purchase.
I always remembered kids 7 and 8 years old with $400-$500 consoles. Now that the kids are adults one system is for the adults and the other one is for the kids instead of it all being for kids like it was decades ago. The demographic for consoles went from kids to adults. My father bought me a console. Now fathers buy themselves a console and tell the kids they can't use it.
It's crazy.
I was shocked when I saw my cousin say that he doesn't let his son "touch his system" when he used to hound me to death to let him play my system when he was that age.
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