Just say thankyou and be grateful. If you don't use it then fine.

Just say, "hey family member, thank you so much for thinking of me with this gift. However as much as i am appreciative of the gesture, i know that I won't actually ever use this. That's why I'm wondering if you are able to return or exchange it, or if you have a receipt so i may"

If they react negatively to that, they are extremely immature

My feelings would be more hurt knowing i spent so much money on something for someone and they just pretended to like it and use it when in reality it never got used.

Yes absolutely.

Be direct otherwise the same will happen again in the future

Telling the truth builds trust. Hiding the truth creates uncertainty

I think it depends a lot on what you want to play and who you want to play with. I own both the PS5 and the Series X. Love the PS5 exclusives, also love Gamepass and now that GoW is done most of the games I want this year are multiplatform so will likely buy them on Xbox. I don't buy into the the X game plays better on X console argument, everything I've played works well on either.

Gamepass is great value, and if you're going to get it I'd lean towards the Xbox.

https://www.playstation.com/en-ca/ps-plus/games/

Yeah but my friend only has a console so I wouldn’t be able to play with him, so that’s kind of out of the question, it’s kind of a mess, but thanks

I always say go for the $1200 bracket for a custom PC, that should get you everything you want. It's also the same price as all 3 consoles.

Is there a way to see all games?

Yeah that’s a good opinion, I would get a pc but if I’m going to get one I want a good one and that is just too expensive for me to get, thanks tho

I would go with a Switch or a PC. There are really no hardware differences between the PS5 and Series X, the only reason to get one or the other are exclusives. However the Switch is getting to the end of its cycle, but they are also fairly cheap and have a lot of great games.

Yeah I think I might just go with xbox instead of the switch because then I can still have my vr and my racing wheel, and maybe down the road I can get a switch, because in some peoples opinion they might say the switch is an oversized phone with a few more games, it’s a tough decision, and I might end up doing something completely different with my first paycheck idk, but thanks again

how about you what a good month look into it and see if your are less interested before making the choice you don't want to buy a console with your first paycheck and then relize u made a mistake like how i almost broke my controller because i wanted to spray paint it truestory

It’s totally ok I’m actually in the same pickle right now

Yeah, I’ve thought about switching back to Xbox full time and getting a switch too, but idk if my parents would let me considering I bought my PlayStation about a year ago, but then again it was with my own money, but then I would lose vr and I have a racing wheel that only works for ps/pc that my parents just got me for my birthday, so I’m kind of in a rock and a hard place, I might just have to get all three, i do have an iPad that I don’t use that I could sell to get a switch, idk thanks for the option tho.

hope this helps :)

ahem* xbox

i just think is runs super well and gamepass can let you get 4k dollars worth of games but it depends on you and what game's you like and i have a nintendo switch and a xbox series s and i have had my xbox for a vastly shorter amount of time and i love it way more than the switch (and xbox has halo)

One tip I can share with you after having owned the ps4 and Xbox one s is to not get the PlayStation ONLY for the exclusives, in my mind it’s not worth it, I switched from Xbox and it’s a good console, especially with having vr, but don’t get it just for the exclusive titles

My personal philosophy is to never return gifts. Keep it around, try it out, you may like it. Never know when it will come in useful.

Nintendo DS, 2006 (although i only started really using it in 2012, funny that.) Still remember the plot of Pokemon Black And White.

Hack it and use to stream your PC games?

imo games usually come to both systems anyways, and in similar quality. So I think it comes down to the exclusives for either console, as well as their past-gen counterparts. In that case... PS5, hands down.

I mean, there's God of War 3, 2016, and Ragnarok; There's Ratchet and Clank (2016) and Rift Apart. There's the Uncharted series. There's The Last of Us 1 and 2. There's Dreams, LittleBigPlanet 3 and Sackboy: A Big Adventure. There's Spider-Man (2017) and it's sequel, Miles Morales, not to mention Spider-Man 2 coming out soon. There's Playroom, Astro's Playroom, Playroom VR, and Astro Bot: Rescue Mission. There's Terraway: Unfolded. There's Returnal. There's Shadow of the Colossus. (AMONG US???) There's Iron Man VR. There's Horizon: Zero Dawn and Forbidden West.

And did I mention that Xbox One and Series has no VR? That means every single PS VR game would be unavailable on Xbox Series.

So in my opinion I would pick the PS5.

Xbox is your best bet. Easy to find people to play with and has Age of Empires now on GP.

I would just keep it. You could use it for games like Mario kart when friends come over. It’s really fun

Hi! I have both consoles and think the xbox will be the better choice for you.