It has to last 12 hours at 100% full use. Meaning Wifi Bluetooth video playback etc. All functions. Not cherry picking.

To me the important point isn't  30 or 60, it's CONSISTENCY .

Of course Phils going to say who cares about 60 frames. His selling a new machine that does 4k. If he was selling a machine that does 60 frames it would be reserved. Why ask a buisness man stupid questions when his always going to make his product look good to sell it.
Sad to say no one cared when X1 was pumping out 60 frame games. All the console gamers were discussing was resolution differences between PS4 and XB1.

People are forgetting this isnt a next gen console. If X1X achieves 60 frames for all games over the X1S than it throws off the Multiplayer balance. Resolution is an easier option without ruining the balance of gameplay to an unfair advantage.

I believe the eye can't even tell the difference between 60 fps and higher, if I was told correctly. And i'm sure resolutions won't be noticable in difference at some point either. Eventually, the only thing that will continue to matter is if your console play style and games (Nintendo's strong suits) are better than the competitors (Sony and Microsofts weak suit, who focus constantly and almost entirely on fps and resolution).

I could say the same for 4k. I don't know anyone rioting in the streets for 4k.

I haven't read the actual interview, just the snippet in OP, but I'm guessing why Uridium came up - back in the days, when it launched, everyone gaming on C64 was amazed at how smooth the scrolling was due to high frame rate. I didn't like it much as a game though, but I remember my father trying, and mostly failing, to play it quite a bit.

Because not everyone has a 4K TV Phill, thats why people rather demand 60fps for the XBox One X and PS4 Pro.

I personally would prefer to have more detail and better graphics in general than Resolution and Framerate. Developers should targed more 720p and 900p on regular consoles and 60fps, and leave the 1080p+ and more detail to PS4 Pro and XBox One, like in Tekken 7 or Nier Automata.

The thing is, 4K is sexy right now.  That's what the average consumer cares about, because that's what he hears about every time he see a Best Buy ad, or stops in the electronics section at Walmart.  Frame rate is more of an inside baseball kind of thing.  People that post on gaming forums think about it a lot.  Average Joe does not.  And even among us gamers, I've seen a hell of a lot of discussion of what system can or cannot pull off 4k, and is it true 4k, or checkerboard, etc.  Therefore, when trying to sell a new console, 4k takes priority over 60 frames per second.    

There is also the issue of multiplayer within the console family.  Playing any shooter at 60 fps on X1X gives me a big advantage over someone getting 30 on their OG XB1.  The same applies to any game where reaction time is important, such as some racing and sports games.  So, even if they could achieve a higher frame rate, they wouldn't be able to make use of it in many cases.

Probably because it would take more time and money while generating less sales so no one would care.

Yeah, sure... when Nintendo have a console that is about the same power and pushing 4k60fps Sony and MS will just disappear because no ones care about what they offer.