Maybe I'll have to check into the PS4 and see if that comes with a disk player for older games and is reasonably priced. I just can't see the value of a $500 Xbox X for me and the limited time I'll spend on it and my lack of caring about graphics. Plus it seems they're not to be had anywhere right now anyway.
Honestly I wouldn't bother with a PlayStation 4 or Xbox One X. They've been discontinued for more than two years and their core tech is older still by most of a decade. They aren't functionally obsolete yet, but it won't be long until they'll be relgated to streaming service and legacy titles only. Also, anything you get is likely to have lots of hours on it, "reconditioned" or otherwise. Chances are you'll need a new controller soon, if not immediately.
In addition to the genral wear of hardware runtime, there's the issue of game compatibility. There are already new releases with no previous-gen console compatibility. That will only become more common as game physics and graphics demands evolve.
Then there is drive capacity, or lack thereof. The onboard drive will hold one, maybe two, current-gen AAA games. If all you play is one AAA title and maybe a couple of indie games, you should be fine. If you have three or four AAA games you rotate through, you'll likely want an external drive. The caveat is external drives are strictly storage. Games are only playable from the onboard drive. If the onboard drive is full and you want to play a game stored on the external drive, you have to transfer the games. It'll be an issue on the S as well, just to a
slightly lesser extent.
If you want a console, get the S. Sounds like it will be fine for what you want. As for the physical media issue, yeah, it's a thing, but not much you can do about as everything is moving that direction.
Brad