Pubg will come to the PS4 too so what? Its just a phenomen right now, xbone fans are starving for "exclusivs" it still didnt moved any units it seems. I dont have any respect for these number because once again ms put them self in a made nest, while Sony bringing a new ip after another. 

A game that early in progress with so many bugs and real bad performance sells so much on xbox is speaking for it self, that desperated and starving xbox fans ( ask my self everyday why they still have some after the whole xbone fiasco ) are ready to buy anything as long its a exclusive, while obviously only  the preview edition is exclusiv lol. Another pr spin aka lie from ms smh...

There are about 70 million ps4 owners out there and yet there is only 1 exclusive (not including previous generation games) that sold over 5 million. That's it. Don't tell me playstation owners are all about their exclusives. 

Dude PUBG is a mess on PC, but still sold over 30 million copies, you're argument is invalid

Are you implying that Microsoft will not release a next-gen console at around the same time as Sony? And not have the most powerful hardware?

The Switch is a special case, because although it has weak hardware, from a hardware feature set perspective it has allot in common with the Xbox One and Playstation 4. (In-fact, beats them in a few areas.)
So porting to the Switch is a crap ton easier than say... Taking a modern engine and trying to force it to work on the Wii U's dated VLIW GPU architecture.

It's meant to be a Halo product.
And by having the best hardware on the market, then developers/publishers are more likely to use the Xbox One X to show their games off, which helps build brand recognition.
The Xbox brand is already being shown in a better light thanks to outlets like Digital Foundry.

What kind of failure?

Because from a financial perspective, Xbox has been a success for Microsoft. Contrary to popular belief, you do not have to win a console generation to be successful.
Last generation with the Wii, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, all consoles sold like 80+million units, they were all a resounding success.

Sony deserves the resounding support they got with the Playstation 4, no one is denying that, but that doesn't mean the Xbox was a failure.

You, perhaps unintentionally, explained why competition is important. If MS was left in the market by itself they would have likely succeeded with pushing DRM, mandatory Kinect, and probably so much more. Hence why competition from Sony (particularly Sony since they seem to be in very direct competition), Nintendo, and digital platforms like Valve's Steam has been useful because it provided consumers with choice and sent a strong message to MS (hence the 180 turnaround with many of the things they wanted to do with the One). Similarly, Sony, Nintendo, Valve and any other company should not be left alone because they will more than likely end up abusing their monopoly position. I am not going to predict if MS is going to stay in the hardware race or not (that will depend on how well Xbox is doing and how much it corresponds with the company's vision in the consumer space and gaming going forward), but I will say that more competition is a good thing because users will have choice and the Xbox's existence has contributed to that. Just as with Sony, Nintendo, Valve etc., I hope MS stays in the game and continues to provide competition.

My comment was not about how competition was not important, we all know it is. My comment was that MS offers nothing and has not been competitive, sony can pretty much do what they want and disregard MS at this point because they offer nothing that would put sony or nintendo even close to think of them in any differently than the ouya. 

depends what your criteria is.

If your criteria is taking sales from Sony than it is too early to tell. If your critieria is just sales than it seems to be fine, but I believe a vast majoritity of its sales are to people who already owned an XB1. So if I had to guess it is failing at actually expanding the userbase.

Almost every Game on PC is a mess so it is a valid point. And its still a lot better on pc your argument is invalid

https://nowloading.co/p/xbox-not-profitable-so-why-does-microsoft-persist/4351020

Xbox despite some 360 years was never profitable trust me guys

Did you only read the headline?

The Xbox hardware ain't profitable, but royalties of each sold Xbox game and Xbox Live Gold subscriptions make it profitable.

also: 

https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-says-xbox-growing-profitability-monetizes-far-gaming-networks/

https://mspoweruser.com/microsoft-reports-higher-gaming-revenue-xbox-live-users-last-quarter/

And as much as all most of us want Microsoft to put more effort/money in their first party games... even without them Xbox One gamers have more than enough good games to play: http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/all/xboxone?sort=desc

30 million consoles (and growing) seem to be a "good enough" hardware base to get almost every third party developer and publisher to release their games on that platform... so the Xbox platform would probably survive even without further first party support.

With prices for an Xbox One S below €150 at sales and a huge game selection with Xbox Pass for a few bucks each month and many cheap Xbox games, an Xbox is a viable gaming option.