Pretty much this.

The Xbox one x isn't for little kids, it's for the hardcore console gamers or someone who wants a device to go with their 4k t.v. The biggest games which are multiplatform are going to run, look and play better on the Xbox one x. That will attract the hardcore gamers to purchase the system. We also have to remember hardcore gamers may not be the majority, but they buy the most games for their consoles compare to casual gamers. And at the end of the day, selling software means a lot more for these companies than selling consoles.

If I recall correctly, the Pro did much better than Sony was anticipating.

I dont know if it will be a disaster, but i will say until they have competitive triple market penetration like sony and to a lesser degree nintendo they will be doomed to mediocre hardware/software sales compared to those companies. Even more so with sony who has that aspect of the industry consistently on lock for 20+ years.

I think it'll do well with the hardcore Xbox fans who want to move up (just like the ps4 users who moved up to the pro) and I'm sure it'll be important to the extreme fans who'll want to trump the my version is the best version narrative. But MS are still quite a poor games company and you look at 2017 and 2018 line ups and yet again Sony (and Nintendo) are kicking their butts. Sony have so many games I think it could be very embarrassing. Just the breadth and width and thats where MS just don't get it.

It's all about timing. 3rd party best versions was very important at the start of a gen when both MS and Sony didn't have much content to push to gamers. So people looked at performance and cost, and Sony had MS beat in both. But as we move forward with consoles potentially being backwards compatible and people building up their catalogues, MS needs to push a were king of gaming narrative and they just don't seem that bothered or at least not that serious about it. So 3rd party best is going to bring the hardcore Xbox across and potentially some users who moved away from MS at the start of the gen, but the rest will continue to look at price and content, and when they see an expensive new console from MS, its just not going to push the users to it.

I expect MS to beat Sony potentially in November but less than 100k if that, and that all depends on Sony's bundles/pricing. Sony will beat MS in total sales for 2017 and will do the same in 2018.

They are only relevant in the PC gaming market because there is no other alternative.  Linux sucks because more than half the games on Steam still aren't available in Linux form.  Apple sucks because they are Apple.  So what is left?  Microsoft

Yeah I was quite disappointed when the 360 only supported lossy 384kbps Dolby digital or stereo pcm. The original XBox might have had to capabilities yet I remember picking up Fahrenheit on the ps2 for the lossless dolby pro-logic surround sound over optical instead of lossy dolby digital. It doesn't matter what the console can do internally if you can't get it out of the system :/

Some games on the ps3 and I think KZ SF too on ps4 that let you specify your speaker setup and placement. That's good enough, no need to go full dolby atmos. KZ SF also realistically propegated the audio through the level instead of the standard filters. Unfortunately no other game seems to have picked that up. Perhaps VR will revive interest in that at some point as more realistic audio will help with immersion.

I guess the move to digital downloads has been partly responsible for holding audio back as well. Lossy compressed 48khz/16bit samples reduce file size which audio adds a lot too. Real time audio creation could help with that, instead of using specific samples for everything. Is that what you mean by physics based audio? Anyway it drives me nuts when I hear the same stock audio samples in games and tv shows. Is there only one sample in the whole world of a creaky opening door/gate/fence.

Can't always use this argument though.  Lowest selling systems ever have some of the highest attach rates.

I need to go find the source, but on the top of my memory, the Ps3 sold just as much if not a little more than the 360. However, the 360 had a much higher attach ratio (almost 2 to 1). It's because of two things. 1. It dominated regions that buy more software for their consoles (North America and U.K.) 2. It also played multiplatform games better so it attracted the hardcore gamers.

That's the other thing, if the Xbox One X just does well in North America and U.K. than the Xbox one X is a success because those regions buy more games for their console than any other regions. Right now Xbox is domination latin America, but it isn't a huge win because they don't buy a lot of games compared to the other regions.

Did this guy just defend a Microsoft product?!