Only if you get aroused with its aroma.

Depends if halo 5 can deliver

Yes. Im thinking they have to release halo this year no mattet what, but if 343i screws up again, the xbox is dead. But they cannot delay it even if its buggy or they will loose their only good selling period and next year will be doome no matter what.

Of course they won't throw in the towel. I mean, of course its being thrashed left right and centre by the PS4 but as a console in its own right, its sales are more than healthy. It will have an install base of 20 million plus by the end of the year which you'd estimate is maybe a third of the way through its lifespan at the very least so those are decent numbers. Its selling well, you cant judge it as a failure just by comparing to PS4, it doesn't work that way.

I think this year might be the last roll of the dice rather than trowing in the towel. If the dice roll doesn't work then 2016 would be throwing in the towel.

I think with another $50 price cut, no Zelda and no UC4 as main competition, Halo 5 and Rise of the Tomb Raider as their flagship titles Xbox has a strong line up at least for the USA and UK. If they can kick butt in those two markets for the holidays it will help Spencer and co to convince the MS board that Xbox hardware is still worth backing.

Personally, I think MS should get into handheld in a more serious way by creating an Xbox controller clip on for its phones and thus turning most Windows phones into legit handheld consoles.

They are not going to throw the towel, what are you talking about?

I don't see it. Also, I find this question funny after seeing UC4 and LOZ delayed. MS easily has the best holiday lineup and they planned it that way.

Why would they do that? The Wii U has both feet in the grave at this point, and the PS4 just saw its biggest exclusive title of the year by far get delayed, so the rest of the year is wide open for the X1 to gain some ground on Sony, at least in NA.

they'll always have the best holiday lineup because they don't release stuff the rest of the year

If it was a disaster like Vita I could see Microsoft throwing in the towel but since it isn't I can't see it happening. They have the strongest exclusive AAA lineup this X'mas and will move lots of systems because of it.