Xbox One X is such a mess.
$500 for the Xbox One X is simultaneously a steal, but also too expensive. $500 for a video game console has never seen the light of day, especially in the 90's. It's an expensive enhancement at that, too. It's not a new next generation console - every Xbox One X game will be on Xbox One.
Particularly with the Xbox One X being just an enhanced Xbox One, the incentive of purchasing it is its native 4K capabilities, which it doesn't even fully embrace at the moment with Forza allegedly only being the native 4K title it has to offer.
Problematically, this console lacks exclusives too. Every Xbone game is on PC, and even if PC magically vanquished from the industry, their first party content is still barebones compared to PS4.
They're pushing an agenda that naturally will only intrigue some Xbox gamers. Some, as not every Xbox owner cares about 4K, they just want to play games, and every Xbox One X game is coming to the OG. No PC owner is going to buy this. No PS4 owner would buy this either- no exclusives, 4K capabilities not being met with potential, and it's quite expensive for what they would probably want it for: the few games not on PS4, and the few games that actually run in 4K. Non-gamers won't even look at this. The name itself "Xbox One X" doesn't even imply it's a 4K machine at very least, sounds too similar to One S, it's just a complete mess. Non-gamers don't care about that stuff either.
Phil Spencer has these morals against 60fps vs resolution, too.
Safe to say Xbox One X will be a universal flop everywhere except possibly the diehards in the US. Sony could've killed it with ease with just announcing a price drop on the Pro or even original PS4. Missed opportunity.
Microsoft needs to get their heads together and realize this product is too ahead of its time. Xbox is in such a bad position right now because Microsoft doesn't know how to solve this dilemma. Ideally, if Microsoft wants to compete they need more competent first party subsidiaries to rival the PS4's library of games. Seriously, that's all they need to do. Releasing a console far more powerful is not going to cut it.
