Huge difference, the thread is in gaming discussion but the poll is not one sided. It's a discussion piece article. 

PS5 is coming into this next generation with the biggest challenge since their measure of success is to match what they did with the PS4.

I think Microsoft will definitely come out on top with the next generation if you are simply comparing them to the benchmark set by the last generation. I expect that Sony's PS5 will continue to dominate world wide sales but Microsoft can take North America and make up ground in every other market. This generation should also be the start of the transition away from the console to streaming box and streaming services. If Microsoft and Sony release a stream box by the end of this generation do you still count them as overall console sales?

While the consumer friendly approach by Microsoft to support last gen console is going to hurt sales of Xbox Series x, it's also going to reduce sales of PS5. Casual market will have no drive to buy a console day 1. Microsoft ability to attract the casual market will be the difference maker next gen. 

Why in the world would everything go to a subscription? Even right now, as popular and over saturated as the streaming market is, a vast majority of the stuff is available in physical form or in non-streaming form. CBS has free over the air broadcasting where a vast majority of their content can be consumed. They also have CBS All Access which has all that same stuff plus exclusive stuff. You can subscribe for that stuff, or you can just buy it physically and not subscribe. Same with virtually every other network out there who does a service. And Netflix, they also put their most popular stuff out in physical form.

Netflix started to make exclusive content because the prices to license out all the movies and television shows got to a point where it made sense for them to make their own stuff. Plus it's a way to get people to subscribe. I can't imagine being a consumer and thinking here's this thing that looks cool and I want to watch it, darn why did Netflix make this? How is that anything other than a win for consumers? lol

That doesn't apply to video games. There will be hardware, there will be physical media. Gaming already has companies making their own content and always had. They won't run into licensing issues because the industry doesn't work that way. EA won't come up to MicroSony and demand a ridiculous break on licensing fees because then where would EA take their games? That's different than the streaming market because there the pipeline moves in the opposite direction. Companies can have bidding wars for exclusive rights to their content.

Your worries sound like the same fearmongering we heard with EA Access and here we are at the end of the gen and the only company that followed suit is Ubisoft. And with them, they actually have their own platform so they probably shouldn't even count.

How in the world would an optional subscription service lower the quality of games LOL. Doesn't make any sense. In fact, some of the best content that is out there exists in the premium subscription based services. In the last Emmy awards, HBO, Showtime, Netflix, Prime, FX, Hulu, etc dominated the nominations with NBC also showing up pretty well but none of the other over the air networks doing much of anything. I mean... they're trying to sell you a service. Exactly how does it make any sense to try to sell you worse games on a service?

GamePass hasn't had any negative impact on games and its been around for over two years.

Just a matter of time. Gaas, loot boxes, Time savers, cosmetic only. It all started  non intrusive untill they had you hooked and got super invasive. 

What makes you say that?

* Falsely Assumes all Gaming PC's are $1k+
* Assumes people would rather stick to a gaming console. (Obviously ignoring how massive the PC is!)

Didn't Microsoft's financial statement state that their gaming division was down 21%?
https://n4g.com/news/2322634/microsoft-gaming-revenue-drops-21-year-on-year-xbox-content-and-services-down-11

Seems the platform is in decline rather than everyone is buying one.

If you want the PC Experience, then why not buy a PC?

Games are definitely all about personal taste, if Microsoft has games on Gamepass that are more attractive to some users than what is on Playstation 4/5, then why not make the transition?

The name and design of the console seems to be a slight fumble though.
Although, I like the design personally, many others don't.

The name though... Sounds like it's not far removed from the Xbox One X.

The fact that  the CPU is the brain of the console and sadly Jaguars cores are unusuable, heck they were cheap shit from the day-one of this gen.

So, if Halo Infinite is going to performace anywhere close to reasonable on the base Xbox, it will have limits that will hurt  the next gen iteration.

Game pass haven't made any impact because it's just 2 years

2nd it's not mainstream yet

3rd it's only game pass who does it,  nothing as big game pass provided the same service except  PS now which is not Sony focus right now

4rth Movie =/= with games

5th Movie price =/= game price

6th game budget often goes big and take a lot of time 

Also subscription allow exclusivity among the game publisher if they provided their own service 

Also Game Pass right now just using old games not new fresh content and most of the title are old, this will change when people start to choose subs model (which i hope not)

Yes there will be hardware there will be physical media, but physical media will be expensives and limited, and the quality will be not as good when developer still provided direct sales. 

That's why game pass will be hard to implement if  Microsoft really serious  trying to disrupt gaming in general by bring new title . game will be cheap and directly evaluate quality and price.

But if Gamepass is trying to be normal and won't replace old way of owning games then game pass will  just be an add on, it will not be a game changer nor a revolution nor a selling point. Gamepass will just be a something gamer can look . And i hope this is the case because i prefer owning games and many people still prefer this . But again this a wild card for microsoft they are trying to win a lot of gamer  by destroying game industries and devalue the price and at the same time bringing down , budget and  the quality of games. Because who want to make games for, unless the game publisher prived the money for game developer and shareholder will be left empty and goes bankrupt . 

They won’t sell the most consoles outside NA and UK but they will have more active players via PC, GamePass and Xcloud. And certainly make enough money to sustain themselves.

Of course once MSs studios starts pumping out games, a lot are coming out in 2020 alone, the day 1 perk and $1 deals leads to a increasingly higher adoption rate.

Word of mouth does the rest. It’s a slow but steady growth and once enough games come out (that aren’t available on PS), the service in itself can become a system seller 

What about if MS releases a Xcloud box for approx $100? Like how Google uses Chromecast to stream Stadia on TV only this would be a purely Xcloud games based box. 

That would essentially make a great second or even third console choice for people not wanting to fully invest in the entire Xbox console ecosystem. And even be a foot in the door for countries they don’t sell well in. I don’t see this releasing until year 3/4 imo. Just a thought