Okay, I don't disagree with that, but making a blanket statement to deflect criticism of a company's lack of market share isn't something you should do, even if it's a company you like.

Yeah it will be a success and yeah it will beat SNES but  the market was way different back then. 

Also arguing about whether the Xbox One is a success or not is futile, the discussion is where Microsoft is headed.

"The Xbox One has been a system which falls between a determined success and failure"

now tell me where the reasons are that justify the statement.

I don't know, but I know they're not leaving. As long as MS makes billions, they'll keep Xbox around as a pet project even if it's not profitable. I have a feeling the next console is going to be REALLY interesting. Watching MS mobilize around Xbox this gen has been eye-opening at the lengths they'll go to keep the brand relevant. If they haven't pulled away from markets like Japan, then it means they still have ideas in store.

This isn't like Windows Phone, where they're up against competitors as huge as they are, that they can't really outspend them to get leeway in the market. Gaming is different. Nintendo and Sony are smaller in comparison and bowing out against them could be seen as a high-profile loss. Xbox will be here, doing what they do.

Yep! This is kind of what I tried to say with my comment. Xbox is great marketing for Microsoft, in fact I believe Xbox was originally supposed to be a marketing device for DirectX (could be wrong though)

My question is:

If Xbox cease to exist tomorrow, what will be the legacy of Xbox? How did they contributed to the industry? In which way they pushed the industry forward?

If XBX doesn't improve their baseline then they will slowly fade away from the console market probably.

Microsoft has a very talented bunch of developers coupled with executives that keep making drastic changes to their products every year it seems. I'm gonna say both just because Microsoft is so inconsistent.

Well, I always only challenging the op's opinion, nothing wrong in that.

But they dont Outspend Sony either.

Just because Microsoft swims in money doesn't mean that the Xbox Team has a blank check to do whatever they want.

It appears to me that Xbox has less budget than with the X360, at least that is what i feel about this gen.

It's like they are existing, kinda doing their thing but nothing more.

This has been my least favorite gen of any other Xbox console. By far.

This thread once again proves that people have short memory. MS master plan with Xbone was to make it home media and entertainment center and they failed miserably and have been lost in the woods since then.