With MS Eclusives being unboxed onto Playstation or at least most of what matters, do you think there will be a Next box and if so how well or badly do you think that will fold?

Indiana Jones coming to PS5. Sea of thieves sells a million already. Seems like they're all in on bringing their IP to playstation going forward. Are they thinking outside of the box?

Are they a third party software company going forward wheter they choose to or not? If Xbox collapses consoles what happens to store, people's digital games, online servers etc. Who's left holding the box?

Aren't they still making a successor to xs?

I've heard nothing on it. 

We keep hearing that the next generation of Xbox hardware will be more of an open platform rather than a walled garden similar to the way Valve operates. They make their own niche hardware for whoever wants it but you can still access the exact same storefront/games on competing hardware. That's probably why it keeps getting alluded to that there will a traditional premium console and a handheld. Whether the devices uses a proprietary OS or an entirely different version of Windows, like what Valve is doing with SteamOS, who knows.

Valve tried this approach a decade ago with Steam Machines, but we all know how that went, and they seem to have a good spot with the handheld PC market. Xbox can't just go full third party entirely. People have built up over 15 years worth of a digital library of games, achievements/gamerscore, etc. that MS can't just drop, and I'm sure they know that.

There's also a matter of how Microsoft handles their other hardware businesses. Surface barely competes in the laptop space. It even has a smaller marketshare in laptops than Xbox has in the console space, and yet, Microsoft continues to make that hardware, even though you get can get the same version of Windows on dozens of other types of laptops. Satya Nadella has even talked about how he regrets leaving the mobile phone space, and we know how horribly Windows Phone performed.

So Microsoft when it comes to their hardware, seem completely content with it being a niche part of their overall business. So I kind of expect Xbox, especially with how much money has been invested in the division in recent years, to start to operate in the same way Microsoft handles the rest of their hardware business. It's there for whoever wants it. There does seem to be a dedicated Xbox userbase when it comes to hardware that will always buy Xbox hardware, and Microsoft seems to be happy with that. Microsoft is a software and services company first, and that's what they want to focus on.

At the end of the Xbox Showcase, Sarah Bond said they were working on the next generation of Xbox hardware.

Until Microsoft says they are no longer making a successor to Series X/S, it's happening. Phil said earlier this year that it's being worked on. Details will be sparse for a while because it's probably still 2 years and few months out.
I think it would be smarter for Microsoft to change their current Series X/S strategies and wait until at least November 2027 for a successor, but I don't think they'll wait that long.

Prob should have posted this in the Xbox forum.

I don't care if they make another Xbox or not. I also don't care if Sony makes another PlayStation or note. Done with consoles after this gen. Switch 2 only one I will consider. Xbox and PS will kill Physical next gen and thus I have no interest and I want to catch up on some retro stuff anyway

They are done, but they said they are still making another console. It's just a matter of time that's all.

As long a there is money to be made, and they are doing decently, why not? I think this Gen was just rough for both Sony and Microsoft. Sure Sony is doing well now, but just remember how both struggled out the gate due to online only, shortages, etc. Cannot remember exact details, but pretty sure Microsoft had some of the same struggles.

We don't know if Sony is dropping physical games for the next generation. At least you could wait until we get there no?