Every system is a "media player" these days.
The last game console that tried to push against that was the Nintendo GameCube and it got it's rear ended kicked in with that approach.
People watch movies on their console, whether physical or streaming and have for 16 years now thanks largely TO Sony.
The PS4 Pro plays movies too ... it just plays shittier versions of them than the new XBox systems and you have to pay a separate $300+ to get proper quality 4K video playback, whereas on the XBox this feature is free if you have a 4KTV.
MS did not fail because of a media approach, no one gives a shit about that. They failed because they charged $100 more for the XBox One due to the monstrosity known as Kinect 2.0 and then simultaneously gimped their chipset because they were over-concerned with heating issues causing them to lose parity/superiority with third party multiplatform games which are key to the XBox brand.
Had they launched at $399.99 (dumping Kinect) with the same specs or better than Sony, this console race would be very different today.
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