People forget that even if the Xbox magically stopped selling any units, Microsoft will live. Heck, they will probably find something else to make money off.

Nintendo is slowly spreading out, and they basically have an iron grip over the handheld market. Even if they were to magically flop out of nowhere, they can still make games.

Sony is done with the handheld market after embarassing themselves with the Vita. However, we've seen what happens when their consoles aren't doing perfectly fine. They lost billions with the PS3, and they can't afford to have the PS5 do anything less than stellar. Their smartphone and movie departments aren't exactly doing amazing either. 

It's kind of curious, because the title pits a company against a console brand, instead of say, Nintendo vs Microsoft, or Switch vs Xbox. But if you do it the way that it's currently worded, I think that Nintendo's in a better position than the Xbox division is, because the profit's higher, and the long-term viability is bigger, too.

Is it?  Even if it stays relatively flat YOY, and only drops another 4% like last year, it would be at ~35.9M, according to VGC.  Then, we enter 2018, where it'll continue having an exclusive drought.  If it falls 4%, again, that puts it at ~43.6M.  Then, we are into 2019, when, most likely, we are going to be getting a PS5 announcement.  Sales are going to drop quite a bit at that point.  Personally, I don't see it only being down by just 4% in 2018, either.  In the end, I see it maybe hitting 50M, with a possibility of it being lower. 

Now, that might not seem so bad, but the problem is what it cost to even get to that 50M.  Most of those sales came from firesale after firesale, at a point when MS was losing money on every XBO sold.  There's a reason MS is cutting the budget on the Xbox division, while focusing on PC more.  And it doesn't have anything to do with selling only 1/2 of the PS4.  I has to do with selling 1/2 as much as the PS4, but at a loss.

I think the Switch is fine: it's current selling decently at a $400 price point! And here I thought $300 was asking too much for the device.

It's a nice device by the way. As an owner, it certainly feels like a $300 device.

Is this a serious question??? Come on really??
Are some of you really that out of touch?

Microsoft is in the trickier position. Not because of Sony, because of PC.

Nobody has a reason to buy XBOX when every single game is on PC. At least Nintendo has enough exclusive content that, if you hold off for three years, will be enough to warrant a Switch purchase. As long as you have a decent PC, you have no reason to buy XBOX. Microsoft needs XBOX exclusive games and in a hurry.

A main line pokemon game will guarentee the Switch's future, the thing will sell like hot cakes

As for XBox, as long as it's profitable and helps keep gaming close to PC gaming where Windows dominates over Mac and Linux, I don't see it going anywhere.

A main line halo game will guarantee the xbox's future. The thing will sell like hot cakes

You mean ps4  right  ?