They honestly should just cut a deal with Nintendo.
Nintendo agrees to use Windows OS on their console/portable NX, give Windows Phone some app loving, and MS agrees to back Nintendo in the console race with things like Halo and a Nintendo themed version of Minecraft.
I don't think MS' heart is really into it, and they're not making the progress they would like. The whole reason they got into the game industry was because they were worried Sony could leverage the Playstation brand against the Windows OS-monopoly, but that was obviously a laughably off-base concern (they should have been paying attention to Apple and Google instead).







