[polishmafia]

I was an Xbox 360 that converted to PS3, and now have a PS4 - and it was a great choice. If your son is obsessed with Halo, go with an Xbox One. If not, I would go with a PS4. Like Fran said, there are some amazing PS only games out there.

For games, you can sign up for Gamefly to rent games. I've done it in the past, and for a flat monthly charge, you can have 1 or 2 games rented. You keep them for as long as you like, basically like Netflix was when it was only through the mail.

Another option that many people don't know about, is you can rent games from RedBox now for both PS4 and XB1.

Cost is the same everywhere. Both companies control what retailers can sell their systems for. But for a PS4, I would wait a couple of weeks. They have dropped the price in Europe and Australia, and a price drop is expected in the US very soon.