Sony and Nintendo Exclusives.

And I feel like if that were truly their intention for it they would have it be its own closed ecosystem like the Neo Geo was.  Instead they are masking a mid gen upgrade in that packaging to soften the perceived blow they receive from being on that same (or worse) 1 in 5-ish number that the Pro presently is for Sony.

To be clear btw, I applaud MS for making every attempt they have to claw back marketshare with their new iterations this gen.  The fact is though that they have gone about it the wrong way with this new XB1X and imo are in a pre-release damage control mode at this point because they know they can't take too big a loss on the system so they have to price it at 499, and they are already seeing shots fired over all their "true 4k" and "4k 60 frames" talk before.

Comming from very far away and going back to there... but just wanted to point something no one done here.

If X1X is not in competition with PS4Pro because it have 40% more GPU power, then how can he say PS4Pro is competing with X1S when PS4Pro have almost 200% more GPU than X1S or we could say 3:1 Power level?

Wow. What a dick.

I was happy with the AC show, but the drop in quality from CGI to in game seemed quite big and when he was on eagle view the textures seemed quite blend

Actually he is probably correct as far as how MS view the Pro. If MS felt the X1X was competing with the Pro, they would have taken a price cut and sold it either 399 or 449. Since MS decided to sell it at 499, they are positioning the device as a clear premium console above what they believe the pro is.

Do not get me wrong this how MS decided to view and market the device, it does not reflect how the market will accept that view. Also MS I am sure does not believe it will sell better than the Pro and thats the real statement Phil is making. When you read the whole interview you get the feeling that Phil considers the Pro as a more mass market console with price and features compared to the more premium X1X which will sell as a more upscale niche device.

I believe one of the problems with statements like this is people take things out of context.  What I mean is that people get all upset when they read a blurb about something someone says but never look at the over all interview or paragraph to understand where that person is coming from.  Its clear that Phil view the PS4 Pro as a mass market console with its price.  Anyone looking at the Pro knows Sony really did not do that much to the system beside bump up the GPU.

MS and Sony had very different goals when they made their mid gen systems.  Sony was going for a more modest update while MS knew that they needed to go bigger because just doing the same thing nets them nothing.

You can't have any competition if no one wants your product in the first place...

Who needs competition with not a single console exclusive, paid online and an entry price of $500. Which could better be spent on a PC with cheaper games, a bigger library and free online with the direction MS is following. So congratz Phil you compete with pc.

PLEASE. That term makes me cringe everytime I hear it. Goes great with "highest quallity pixels" though.

I'm not a fan of Phil myself but I love how every time he says something it's triggering to certain people.