jlauro on 20 December 2017
The X1 is wiser on that one point, but that is not enough to overtake the PS4, and in the end neither 4K and especially not VR are significant enough for at least a couple of more years. There will likely be more incremental upgrades in the future without as clear of separation between gens, and Microsoft is better positioned to deliver on that, but that will not matter as much as exclusives. Developing for multiple platforms is becoming far easier, and supporting different levels of performance quality from the same game as needed with the switch also helps the merging of future gens, so in a few more years it may pay off, but for now and the next couple of years X1 will likely be in third.
