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crissindahouse said:

I wonder how third party support for Xbox will look like in some years when MS doesn't seem to care to tell everyone that a PS/Switch2 will also get even big Xbox games so that PS/Switch2 will get a much bigger library of quality games as Xbox itself.

I mean, right now MS is like "we have more players than ever" and seems happy even with low console sales but how should this look in the future? Will third party game even release on a next Xbox if it will sell even less as this gen? How low can your sales be to still get the support of most devs? Xbox consoles sales are already "dead" in many countries and that's mostly because MS never even tried. Low sales means less retailers will sell the consoles and so on...

Not every dev will release their games on Gamepass so that game sales will be essential for them. Right now MS does everything they can to widen the gap between potential PS and Xbox console sales for the next decade.

I personally don't really care anymore if there even will be a next Xbox console but if there will be then there's just no way around trying something completely different because they killed every chance to even reach Xbox Series sales with a next console if it's a "normal" machine.

It really needs to be something which will be able to play third party games even with very low sales numbers or like many already believe some type of handheld but that can also completely fail and isn't a give to succeed. 

Its evident that MS is looking to stock GP with their own content more than from others.  The biggest issue is marketshare more than anything else.  How many consoles or hardware do MS need to sell to insure that 3rd party developers continue to support their hardware.  When the next gen arrives we will see how well it sells to understand that question but right now who knows.  Who even knows if their next system will be higher cost or not.  Everything is total speculation because no one really knows what the heck MS future plans are, only that they will release another piece of hardware.