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

All 3 major consoles and their controllers are going to be awesome (Switch less so in terms of pure power).

Too much big data and R&D these days to have another Virtual Boy/SegaCD/Atari5200 IMO

Just a matter of which exclusives you want.

I've played hundreds upon hundreds of hours of GamePass games this year (and probably at least a half-dozen games I'd never pick up without it). Easily worth it if you like to try new genres.

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Tell yourself that, then look the gaming suggestions in the series s thread about the crackhead.
think 1 game on gamepass was mentioned. It's meh, i have an xbox, it's meh.

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I found a game recommendation thread for Series X a couple pages back. There were 8 Gamepass games suggested in the first 2 posts.

I can vouch for it, I have always had Xbox going back to the original one in 2003 but resisted Gamepass till this past year and I absolutely love it.

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Tell yourself that, then look the gaming suggestions in the series s thread about the crackhead. I think 1 game on gamepass was mentioned. It's meh, i have an xbox, it's meh.

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Looking at that thread, which has only gone two posts into page 2 at this point, I see these Game Pass games listed:

Jedi: Fallen Order
Starfield
Skyrim
High on Life
PowerWash Simulator

Diablo 4 was also mentioned, and that will soon be on Game Pass alongside the rest of the Activision games.

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I can vouch for it, I have always had Xbox going back to the original one in 2003 but resisted Gamepass till this past year and I absolutely love it.

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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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Ori and the Blind Forest

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Oh dang it I have to finish the sequel to this one too. Both games are so good.

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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.