Buying Guide

Xbox:

• Great exclusive games
• Get component cables and a display that can use them, or an HDMI adapter

Xbox 360

• Great exclusive games
• Avoid the pre-2007 Pro/Premium and Core models
• Get a Kinect
• Limited backward-compatibility

Xbox One:

• The only exclusive games are for Kinect; S and X models are not compatible
• S and X models support resolutions over 1080p, HDR, and Ultra HD Blu-ray movies
• Limited backward-compatibility

Xbox Series:

• Essentially a cheap PC
• Perfect backward-compatibility with Xbox One library (except Kinect)
• Best way to play (all 11) non-Kinect Xbox One 'exclusive' games

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PlayStation:

• No need to buy one; just get a PlayStation 3
• SCPH-7501, 9001, or 101 if you do though

PlayStation 2:

• No need to buy one; just get a PlayStation 3
• SCPH-3x0xx is a nice-to-have if you do, but really can't go wrong otherwise

PlayStation 3:

• Great exclusive games
• CECHAxx or bust!
• Seriously though, they're all good; get CECHA/B/C/Exx if you want PlayStation 2 support

PlayStation 4:

• They're all good, but just buy any PlayStation 5 with a disc drive instead

PlayStation 5:

• Get a disc drive for PlayStation 4 games
• Pro only if you're rich
• I'd avoid non-'slim' Digital Editions

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No need to get into which Nintendo/Sega/Atari/whatever - just buy a Switch, a Wii U, and a Dreamcast; then play everything else on an FPGA or an emulator with a good CRT filter.

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2025 Gaming PC Minimum System Requirements Bonus Round:

• RTX 2060 SUPER/RX 6600
• Ryzen 5 3600/Core i5 10400F
• 16GB of RAM
• SATA SSD