Best Gifts for Gamers for the Holidays 2024
For popular exclusive games like Astro Bot, the PS5 is the way to go (although many of these games eventually make it to PCs much later on). The PS5’s big advantage is its modernized, redesigned controller, which gives better haptic feedback. The PS Plus subscription service offers a big, Netflix-like catalog of monthly games, although mostly older ones.
It’s nearly impossible to find the older version of the console unless you buy refurbished; the current model usually has “slim” somewhere in the name; it’s more compact than the original with a little more storage (1TB), but one reason it’s smaller is because Sony removed the DVD drive, which is now an option.
It’s pretty expensive, though, and if you’re willing to pay a lot you may want to wait until November when we expect the $700 PS5 Pro to ship; if you’re not risk averse, you can preorder it starting Sept. 26. It’s not the next-gen model (we won’t see that for a while), but it’s more powerful, running games faster and at higher resolutions.
Read our PS5 review and slim PS5 hands-on.