re: I know nothing about consoles, is the Xbox Series X still a good buy?

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And as has been mentioned already, it's great for getting people into games that aren't in their normal comfort zone. It might have been a hard sell to convince a friend of mine to get into a metroidvania puzzle platformer, but they loved Ori and the Blind Forest.

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This. Most recently, I've put a ton of hours into Slay the Spire since downloading it. Without Game Pass, there's no way I would have picked it up to begin with.