20 Best Christmas Gifts For Gamers [2023]

For your friend or family who loves PC gaming, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, or Nintendo Switch- here's what we think you should be buying this holiday season.

20. Custom Controllers

19. Starfield CHUNKS!

18. Hori Split Pad Pro

17. The Analog Pocket

16. The Steam Deck

15. Steam Deck Alternative

-ASUS ROG Ally

14. Controllers for Iphone and Android

13. John Romero's New Book

Doom Guy: Life in FIrst Person by John Romero (new, from 2023)

Goes great with MASTERS OF DOOM, which is one of the all time great books about gaming

12. Playstation 5 Pulse 3d wireless headset



11. Sega Genesis Mini 2

10. VR Headsets

Playstation VR 2 w/ Horizon: Call of the Wild

Meta Quest 2

9. Gaming Vinyls

8. Physical Games!

Switch games

Playstation 5 games

-physical just makes for more satisfying gifts!

7. Or just Gift Cards

6. External SSDs for more space

5. Handmade RGB LED Dark SOuls Estus Flask

4. Switch OLED

3. Stuff for PC gaming on the TV

-wireless keyboard and mouse

-Lap desks

2. Starter Streamer bundle

1. Consoles!

-Playstation 5 Slim w/ Marvel's Spider-man 2 Bundle

Playstation 5 - Marvel's Spider-man 2 Bundle

- Xbox Series X Diablo 4 bundle

-it's still marked down below standard console price!

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[JimTheFly]

One of my friends got the Hollow Knight Gods & Nightmares vinyl in a Secret Santa yesterday. He started crying when he got it. He's a sound engineer and has a love for music on vinyl. And that thing looks GORGEOUS.

[ttattx]

you do realized that it's DECEMBER 18th right? nothing like waiting til the last minute to drop a video like this... poor form

[sinthetic]

By far, the best gaming accessory I bought this year is 8bitdo's PS1/2 adapter. It is so awesome being able to play my old games wirelessly using a PS5 controller. This little device has completely revitalized my sizeable PS1 and PS2 collections.

[SplitSniper]

I cannot believe Vectorman has been in someone's lexicon! I never heard anyone else talk about this game and I absolutely LOVED the first one and would play it endlessly when I was a kid.😂

[ovoinfamy]

for those interested in something like the backbone, just a small correction, it is not exclusive to JUST the iphone, they've had an android version for a while but especially recently with the iphhone 15 going type C. Cheers! <3

[chrisvandervelde]

Bought the Steam Deck (oled) a couple weeks back and I can 100% say it's amazing and works like a charm.

[darkknight]

4:44 is that Jake, that guy owe me a Pizza 🍕😂

[josephdurham]

I needed this video to show my wife about 3 weeks ago 😅 she is an early shopper 😂❤

Great vid! Happy holidays everyone!

[notjustforhackers]

Steam Deck is pretty much the best thing on this list. Its an awesome bit of kit.

[Rabscutle]

HA, y'all broke End Of the Line's webpage with so much love. Well done.

[lunaticgaming]

Man, I been customizing controllers for years!!! Nice to hear they're getting more of a shoutout.

[ReadGameCraftCook]

Little late for shopping online now!😂 Great list though.

I’m really excited for my son to open his surprise tech gifts. He asked for a steam deck Oled and vr and I scoffed and told him no earlier this year. He’s totally sure there is no chance he’s going to get them.

[trevorgranfors]

"Don't use it instead of going to the doctor" KILLED me 😂

[CasiónYT]

There is a Backbone for android and also a playstation licensed version which you can use with remote play.😀

[CaptainNamikaze]

These lists always end up costing me a lot and I keep everything for myself. 😂😂😂

[EggplatnmWatch]

The backbone is for both android and IPhone, you have to make sure you get the right connector, they make both lightning and USB-C. Love mine for my S22

[Ezdine_G]

I love how you put war for cybertron right at the beginning that is the most underrated game in existence, also what you talking about man the meta quest 2 is probably one of the most uncomfortable vr headsets i've ever worn

[shoked]

I feel like you could do a "Worst Gamer Gifts" video pretty easily too. Thanks for this one.

[theverbingnoun]

picked up the Hori split last year on a sale - as an adult with adult-sized hands it’s the best

[KapitanPazur]

Ah yes, because its such a FANTASTIC idea to make such video on like 5 days before Xmas day....