I don't know if you have heard this guys but news is that Xbox Series S can do emulation by enabling a developer mode on the system for $20 then downloading RetroArch, it can emulate anything at the price of $299 and we are only at the dawn of this generation. Add to it that you can have gamepass and all the backward compatibility back to the oXbox.
The important part for me is that it can stream the Xbox games to your smartphone/tablet making my iPad an emulator.
-Can you stream the RetroArch(system wide) to an iPad or its a feature built within the games?
-Do I have to setup something on the console before I start playing, or i just turn the Xbox on and it will mirror everything to my iPad screen?
-Do you think Microsoft will take out this ability like Sony took out the ability of installing Linux on PS3?
I was definitely going for a PS5 but now I am questioning it. The only thing that is worrying me is that I have a PS3 and its pictures quality on SD video from DVD sources is superb (near BD I would say) and I was told its because of Sony hardware tricks, I don't know whats the truth of that but I have another Samsung BD player connected to an LG tv and the DVD looks like .avi file on a Windows 95 computer. The other issue I heard PS5 BD drive is loud. I will be getting the Xbox Series X for this of course.
You can't beat the power you are getting for $299/$499, its an all in one machine. I tried to build a custom PC with much lower spec but it seems no way you can reach this level at that price. You also get a free controller with the console worth $60!