Am I depriving my son? Games console related!

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My ds is 7. He has a tablet which is he watches netflix and youtube on.
He plays a handful of games on it, lego star wars & minecraft mainly.

He love his tablet and hasn't asked for anything else.

He was ata friends house yesterday, he has a ps3 & a ps4. They spent most of their time playing minecraft and lego dimensions on it. My ds struggled as he's never played one before. His friend was a wizz!
It turns out that atleast 6 of ds friends have a ps or xbox of some sort, and obviosuly when they go round to eachother's houses this is what they mainly play on.

Is a games console a normal typical toy for a 7yr old? Should I be thinking of buying him one for christmas? Or is it a slippery slope?

at the replies!!! DS is 7 and doesn't have a console or a tablet. He gets to use my iPad about once a month for half and hour or so but that's it. I'd actually rather he had a console and was playing games than a tablet that connected to the internet (I know consoles connect too but presume you can switch this off?!)

I only know one 7 year old who has a console but his dad is really into gaming and in fact made a living from it at one stage.

My aim is to get DS to 10 before we go down that road so I would say you are absolutely not depriving him and are in fact being a normal, responsible parent! He's only 7, plenty of time when he's older and lazier!

My 5.5 year old has a tablet and access to both our PS3 and PS4. He's a complete whizz at games and I do resent the implication that to allow him one = laziness.

It's offset by plenty of outdoor activities and it is limited in the week purely due to time.

I don't know any 6/7 year olds that don't have one form of device/console, in all honesty.

Just to add that games consoles are in the living room. Largely because DS wants us to play with him.

My son is 8 (and a half, as he keeps reminding me) and would love a console. We're risking social pariah status and holding off until he's about 10. A lot of children in his class seem to have consoles but certainly not everyone.

no tablet, no console here either....mine play with toys which is my preference at this age. I think there are some benefits to limited console play actually but we are also worried it's a slippery slope. IMO there is lots of time to come for video game play but this time of toys and make believe is short so I'm in no rush.

Dd6 is getting a Nintendo 2ds for her birthday. We have an iPad that she watches amazon video on. I considered boxing up and giving her it to her but I'm uncomfortable with apps etc due to adverts and things. She has a netbook which was given to us which she types stories onto but she wants to play games which the netbook isn't really cut out for. I'm too worried about her having something connected to the internet (we have controls on but still) so 2ds seems good for gaming- she wants things like nintendogs etc. I would never have something connected to the tv as I hate video games

A lot of kids now have them nowadays, my two have consoles also.

They are good for them, my 2 love the mega games.