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aTokenYeti said:

To be completely honest, Xbox getting an early jump on 10th gen is probably what the brand needs. Their poor supply chain management as well as not having enough games ready to go for 9th gen put them so far behind that the current status quo probably isn’t sustainable.


The Xbox brand badly needs product differentiation. Going on their own hardware release cadence instead of going 1:1 with PlayStation could make a lot of sense

Yeah, being able to have the limelight to yourself, especially if the marketing is on point with a solid launch lineup or at least solid first 6 months of games, can really do wonders. The 360 having a year head start on the competition did allow them to have strong initial foothold, albeit MS shot themselves in the foot with the red ring of death and supporting HD DVD instead of Blu Ray.

We all know Xbox as a console is not going to catch PlayStation, not by a long shot. So any competitive "edge" MS can give the next Xbox with what will surely be a strong launch lineup, especially in the first party department, would do wonders. 

Nintendo tried to jump ahead a year before the competition with the Wii U, but a meh launch lineup and marketing that had everyone questioning what the hell the Wii U even was, just cemented that the console would not take off. Move over to the Switch launching with the most unexpected release date for a new console with March and with Breath of the Wild as a launch title, immediately propelled the Switch to stardom.