The hardcore Xbox One fans will undoubtedly upgrade, just like the hardcore PS4 fans upgraded to Pro. But that is likely to be a very small percentage. Assuming there are around 30million Xbox One owners, 90% upgrade would mean selling 27million Xbox One X, that isn't happening. It likely to be around 10% at most. So 2-3 million existing Xbox One owners are likely to upgrade.

I think they're huffing glue if they don't think we'll see a new PS4 and Xbox before 2021.

Source to back up your claim? Also, money talks bullshit walks. Gears could’ve been on ps4, but Microsoft stepped in and bought the ip. Same with Minecraft even though the developer didn’t want to sell it.

Sony usually show's its next gen console about 1.5-2 years before release. So if I were Sony I'd try to sync my release of the PS5 with the trend of people moving to 8K and release a system that will play most games at 30fps at 8k fairly comfortably and for twitch shooters etc, can handle 60fps and a lower than 8k resolution but with checker-boarding and upscaling to 8k to lock in 60fps. So we'll see PS5 shown around mid to end of 2019 and release around end of 2020 (probably November again) or November 2021. So we'll see it before 2021, but it won't be in our hands until around then, IMO.

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/59756/microsoft-buy-up-more-studios-ips/index.html

“There's reports that Microsoft even tried to buy Bluehole in the attempts at keeping PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, aka the biggest game in existence right now, exclusive to PC and Xbox One. Essentially the company will still invest in new first-party content, but it should be to a lesser extent.”

You know how much money 70-100 million PS4 players could bring Bluehole?! MS wouldn’t pay that.

Sony usually show's its next gen console about 1.5-2 years before release. So if I were Sony I'd try to sync my release of the PS5 with the trend of people moving to 8K and release a system that will play most games at 30fps at 8k fairly comfortably and for twitch shooters etc, can handle 60fps and a lower than 8k resolution but with checker-boarding and upscaling to 8k to lock in 60fps. So we'll see PS5 shown around mid to end of 2019 and release around end of 2020 (probably November again) or November 2021. So we'll see it before 2021, but it won't be in our hands until around then, IMO.

So where are the links to those reports where Microsoft was denied to buy pubg with actual links from a credible site?  Also, Microsoft has billions of dollars so it wouldn't matter how much consoles Sony sold. Microsoft bought linkedin for 26 billion dollars. Gaming related Microsoft bought gears of war to keep of the competitors platform as well. Microsoft is the king of acquisitions.

8k is a stupidly long way away. It won't be something we would be considering in the mainstream until probably 2030.

If the PC ain't doing it in the mid-range, it's not going to happen on console.

Microsoft could just buy Sony.
Sony has a market cap of like $60 billion USD? Microsoft has something like $130+ billion in cash available.

But in the end, they are a public company, so it does actually matter how much consoles Sony sells, if Microsoft looks like it's struggling against it's competition, then that doesn't sit well with the bean-counting-investors.

Source to back up your claim? Also, money talks bullshit walks. Gears could’ve been on ps4, but Microsoft stepped in and bought the ip. Same with Minecraft even though the developer didn’t want to sell it.

There is no point for Microsoft to buy Sony, it won't expand their current operations. PUBG will expand xbox and azure servers (which Microsoft cares about a lot). Microsoft bought linkedin because it goes with their business software/utilities. Come to think about it, you pretty much have to go through Microsoft just to create a business.

I'm not saying they should, in-fact I would rather argue the opposite. - Just reinforcing the fact that Microsoft can buy Sony as they have the financials to do it with relative ease. - Getting legal approval is another matter entirely of course, Japanese Government/Regulatory body might intervene there.

I would ultimately like to keep Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony around in the gaming space, competition drives innovation and lower prices which benefits the consumer, we have seen all to often what happens when a multi-billion dollar company gets cocky and neglects the consumer.