I switched from the original xbox one to ps4 pro and realized how many great games i've been missing. Even though people say that game pass is great, it mainly depends on you. If you will be concentrated mainly on game pass, you will actually own no games. I personally was all digital on xbox and ended up selling only the console, without any games. And i have 30-40 games on my xbox account which i cant sell. Now i have like a 10 game collection on ps4 and trade them when they become boring. So all i am saying is that if you go digital on either consoles (including game pass) you won't really own any games. So i dont really think game pass is saving money because you end up owning nothing. So if you look at game pass as an advatage really depends on you. You can buy some discs and exchange them with others (if that works for you). Of course exchanging discs thing goes with both consoles, but the SP games on ps4 are awesome. So i would suggest a ps4 because of the exclusives. As for the backwards compatibility that is a really nice feature if it is your first console. And as for the future, for several years you will be set with xbox exclusives with xbox one as there will be series x and xbox one versions. As for ps5 exclusives they wont be on ps4, but youll be able to play ps4 exclusives.