If XBX fails, what next?

[Mr Puggsly]

Shadow1980 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

I'm not interested in reading all that but I'm suggesting a scenario where Xbox One is relelvant longer via incremental upgrades.

Hence, a new Xbox One in 2021 while the X1X becomes the budget option.

You're assuming iterative "generation-less" hardware a la the "iDevices" model will be MS's strategy and that it will be a viable strategy. I doubt both things. It's an untested idea that runs contrary to everything we know about how and why consoles sell the way they do. A proper next-gen Xbox released around the same time as the PS5 will provide a blank slate for MS to start over from, and assuming they have learned from their mistakes an "Xbox 4" could do a good bit better than the XBO did.

Well Phil has more than implied that's the direction they're considering. Why wouldn't incremental upgrades be viable? As long as consumers can play the latest games on a reasonably priced machine then they will be happy.

Again, X1X is a powerful and expensive device at launch. But it could be the cheap option to play 9th gen games in 2021.

If MS just goes head on with Sony again with no price edge, that may not end well for MS.