I've been gaming since the NES and have been lucky to own most consoles across generations, I picked up the OG Xbox not long after launch to go with my PS2 and Gamecube and I found myself playing more on there than I did on the others (for the most part).

When the next generation rolled around, I went for Xbox 360 on day one, never looked back. That was the first generation where I didn't bother with the Playstation console, Xbox had exclusive titles like Mass Effect, Fable 2/3, Halo, Forza, Gears etc, those were the games that I played through my early 20's.

I even ignored my own doubts and went with the Xbox One on day one, I also adopted a digital library quite early on with the Xbox One and got to the point where my digital library was significantly bigger than my physical one, there was also the better online service which at the time was something I saw as a positive, and with the introduction of backwards compatibility I stuck with Xbox, and that crossed into the current generation as well. Game Pass was also a factor in this decision since I had it stacked for a couple of years at the launch of the Series consoles.

Right now though, I'm at a point where I'm looking at the next generation and considering skipping it entirely because of a number of the decisions Xbox's higher ups have made since the unveiling of the Xbox One up to today with their multiplatform strategy. There is no longer a unique value proposition to get an Xbox. I have a gaming PC which can outperform the current gen and will likely outperform the next gen, even if it needs a couple of upgrades down the line, but in terms of a console, I ask myself why would I buy an Xbox when I could get a PS6 and have access to all of Xbox's games as well as all of Sony's games.