Why do you ask a question when you know the answer already?

Maybe it was a bit too dark since it's actually a possibility in the crazy world we live in but it was my messed up way of saying "unless something castatrophic happens, Xbox One doesn't stand a chance."

No I got you. It is pretty funny now, though I may feel bad about laughing in the future.

Problem is that they also release their exclusives on PC now. So I can play Super Lucky's Tale on PC, and then Forza.

I don't need to buy an xbox, ever, because they're competing with themselves. Thanks Microsoft.

When Tom Kalinski took over at SOA in 1990, Nintendo hardware (home console) had over 90% marketshare in the US. By 1993, that had dropped to under 50%. The Genesis was on the market for two years before SNES, but only had around a 6% share of the market. 

If Microsoft wanted to, they could hire the right marketing team, throw enough money around and truely compete. The blueprints are there. But again, do they want to? My guess is no.

No, the point is that Sega took a company down that had more than 90% market penetration and became the leader within three years. Nintendo was synonymous with "console". In three years time, Sega had replaced that on the lips of US children. In two years, Sonic was voted (by kids), more recocgnizable than the president of the United States.

Turning the tide of public opinion within the US gaming industry isn't impossible which is what I was trying to show. It just takes really good strategy and marketing. Microsoft can do it if they really wanted to.

???

Are you sure that you're not experiencing some sort of Mandela effect about the 1990 survey in which Mario was found to be more recognizable than Mickey Mouse?

It's true that the Genesis was briefly ahead of SNES in the early 90s, but Sega was hardly some sort of cultural icon that surpassed Nintendo. I seriously doubt that Sonic was even close to Mario in popularity when Super Mario World alone sold more than all Sonic games on the Genesis combined.

You know what's weird? I've heard sites claim that the original Sonic the Hedgehog sold like 16 million units by itself. Which would make it almost as successful as Super Mario World and Super Mario Brohters 3. Obviously that probably isn't right ... but it's weird that some sites say wildly different things. I'm guessing they just combined the sales figures for all sonic games on the genesis and accidently said it was for one game.

Possibly. All depends on how well X1X does. I hope it does, though.

Can it? Yes. Will it? No

MS could pricecut it to $99 but that won't help profits much....