Yes, I know that’s a baity, console-war headline, but let’s be honest, if I’d simply written “Xbox is a great buy this holiday” you wouldn’t have clicked through.
Xbox as a platform is having a bit of a moment. While the start of the year was rather barren in terms of big releases, something magnified by the fact that everyone wanted shiny new games for their fancy new-gen consoles, summer onwards has been non-stop goodness.
Late July saw Flight Simulator arrive on Xbox, giving the Series X and S their first “Wow” exclusive. Of course, it also landed day one on Game Pass.