I was very disappointed to hear that CF25 won't be on PC as I understood originally EA was planning to develop a PC game. My older autistic son never wants any gifts for Christmas or birthdays because he doesn't have many interests. He actually prefers not to receive gifts that he might not want as it is very stressful for him to handle that situation. But one thing he has been looking forward to for years is the release of CF25; so, we have been planning on purchasing that as soon as it was released. I even bought a pretty nice gaming laptop last Christmas in anticipation of getting CF25 on PC this year.

Our most recent model gaming system that we own is an XBox One; so, we'll have to consider buying a whole new gaming system if we want to play this game... not sure it's worth it as there aren't many other console games that we play (we play a lot of PC games), and I've had so many problems with Microsoft and Sony that I really don't want to give them more of my $$$. But if we do decide to pull the trigger and get an updated console, what are my best options for console and for getting the game?

Least expensive console appears to be Xbox Series S at around $290 (50GB SSD). Game storage requirements seem to be getting bigger and bigger; so, I might consider a 1TB SSD at $350. Or is it simple enough to buy a non-xbox brand external SSD for game storage? (That's what we did with our Xbox One.)

Will my Xbox One games transfer over to the Series S console just fine? What about the games on disc? Will the XB360 games playable on XB One play on the Series S?

What are your guesses as to when or if CF25 will be available on services such as EA play or Xbox Game Pass? I think that it typically takes 6-12 months for new games to show up on those services, right?