(February 22, 2020 at 2:56 pm)franzis Wrote: Hi, everybody
I am thinking about buying my kid a really good console. Until now it was so that I and my wife had a firm attitude not to buy our child a console until his 12-year-old. Now that the time has come, we have decided to keep our promise. Since we as parents are not well versed with such things, I decided to ask the question here and get some suggestions from people who know more about these things.
What do you think which console is good for a 12-year-old kid?

As others said buy an older one. A friend of mine got a good deal on one console online with some 30-40 games. Don't recall what console it was, but the kid loved it. (It came with GTA, but he put that one on hold until he is older).

I told my nephew that I'd sell him my nintendo 64 with 12 games for 25 euros. He saved money from his allowance and we made the deal. Of course after that, behind his back i gave my sister the money back for her to put in his saving account. It's good to teach kids to save money for things they want for entertainment. He loves the console and when I go over there we have a blast with Mario Kart.

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(February 22, 2020 at 5:09 pm)Agnostico Wrote: Your best options are xbox or playstation

I would wait till November for Playstation 5

To buy an overpriced new console with 1 or 2 games way too advanced for a 12 y.o? No. By the time the kid really games, he will want the new playstation 6 or 7 lol.

Off Topic: i noticed you asking me about Portugal on a thread I lost, but better is to PM you when I can, to not derail. Do you remember what thread it was?

Buy him a football and send him outside.  Video games are the ruination of the world, I tells ya.

Boru

In my experience, if you hand a kid a ball, he'll find a way to play Fortnight with it.

If was gonna buy another console....I'd buy a Switch. Bought one when they came out, and another just last christmas because the kids wouldn't stop fighting over the one they had.

(February 23, 2020 at 7:01 am)The Grand Nudger Wrote: In my experience, if you hand a kid a ball, he'll find a way to play Fortnight with it.  

As long as he's playing it outside and getting grubby with his mates, I'm ok with that.

Boru

I started mine off on a 2DS. A Switch is good if you want to pay bit more.

Dont buy him an old console, his friends will all be playing on the new console and a lot of todays games are played multiplayer online. I would ask your kid which one he wants because I guarantee he is going to want what his friends got so he can play the games with them.

If he has a handful or so of friends, he doesn't need online video games.

First, I must praise you and say that you two have made the right decision. Most parents buy their children a console when they are too young for that. Most of them do not understand the rules of the games and it becomes very boring for them after a short time. At 12 years old, the kids are old enough to play any game. Even the games that have complicated rules will not be a big problem....
As far as game consoles are concerned, I would suggest you to buy Microsoft Xbox 360 Core (here is a link where you can take a closer look https://productz.com/en/microsoft-xbox-3...me-console ). Trust me, you can not be wrong with this console. Your kid will love it. I don't want to write about the characteristic here, it will take me half a day. For this reason, you should visit the link mentioned above.

(February 23, 2020 at 1:42 pm)tonnik Wrote: First, I must praise you and say that you two have made the right decision. Most parents buy their children a console when they are too young for that. Most of them do not understand the rules of the games and it becomes very boring for them after a short time. At 12 years old, the kids are old enough to play any game. Even the games that have complicated rules will not be a big problem....
As far as game consoles are concerned, I would suggest you to buy Microsoft Xbox 360 Core (here is a link where you can take a closer look https://productz.com/en/microsoft-xbox-3...me-console ). Trust me, you can not be wrong with this console. Your kid will love it. I don't want to write about the characteristic here, it will take me half a day. For this reason, you should visit the link mentioned above.

Looks very much like a sales pitch. 

(February 23, 2020 at 1:17 pm)Chad32 Wrote: If he has a handful or so of friends, he doesn't need online video games.

Tell that to the kid when all of his friends are playing a game together and he cant because he is playing on a console from 7 years ago. A console gaming system is not a necessity for any age but if your making the decision to get one, dont get him something obsolete and get him something he can enjoy for the next 7 years.