Funny how to repost this tweet while in your prediction you say the next Xbox should include Steam. Are you this easily swayed? 

I think Jez Corden said Microsoft intends to lower their platform tax from the standard 30% to just 12%. This should entice publishers to keep supporting them, as they will be making more money per copy sold than on any other platform.

I don't know if this will be enough to stop their own players from switching to Steam, but it's a good move.

You miss my point.  My point is that the next Xbox home console will be a $1000 machine.

How is that working out for Epic?

0% Store Fee For First $1,000,000 in Revenue Per App Per Year
Starting in June 2025, for any Epic Games Store payments we process, developers will pay a 0% revenue share on their first $1,000,000 in revenue per app per year, and then our regular 88%/12% revenue share when they earn more than that.

Too early to tell, but I doubt it will move people from Steam to the Epic games store.

Where does all the money Steam makes go? I have no idea.

I could see maybe $700, but $1000 would price too many people out and make Xbox consoles strictly an enthusiast product for higher earners. While MS is trying to fill a niche between first-party and third-party, offering their games on most if not all platforms, there are still several tens of millions of people loyal enough to the Xbox brand to keep buying those consoles. I know plenty of people that play on Xbox and have no interest at all in moving to PlayStation. If MS charged too much for the next-gen Xbox, that would evaporate a lot of goodwill among those loyalists who might not be able to afford such an expensive system. $1000 would be well beyond even the historical high end for a mainstream console even if you account for inflation (the PS3's $500 U.S. launch price is just under $800 in today's dollars).

Had no idea Epic Games Store's regular cut is just 12%. This doesn't bode well for Xbox, but the brand power and the large-ish existent fanbase will help them remain more relevant than EGS.

MS should just sell a couple of publishers and try harder to get Steam lol.

Valve is a private company rolling in money, Steam's yearly revenue is estimated at $10.8 billion.

Valve only employs 330 people ish, about 70 work on Steam. That's about $32 million revenue per employee per year from game sales on Steam...

MS should try harder to make their Windows store functional. Last I used it it was still pos.

After seeing them license out the Xbox brand for Rog Ally & Meta Quest, I can see a future where they license out to a variety of configurations at different price points. Basically a better executed attempt at Steam Machines, Xbox branded hardware ranging from $400 to $1000 or more including an entry level home console, premium home console, portable console, VR headset, tablet, gaming laptop, gaming desktop, etc.

I feel like they are positioning themselves around 3 pillars. 

1. Publishing. The acquisitions of ZeniMax & Activision-Blizzard have made them one of the biggest publishers in the game.

2. Subscriptions. They have heavily pushed Game Pass and tried to get it on as many devices as possible.

3. Licensing. I believe they will license the Xbox brand and have a bunch of hardware configurations & form factors.

Source: https://www.vgchartz.com/article/466057/xbox-president-sarah-bond-next-gen-console-is-gonna-be-very-premium-and-high-end/

If you want to know the future, just ask me

$600 PS6 (Orion), $1200 Xbox (Magnus) is Kepler's guess lol. Personally I don't see it being less than $999 with those leaked specs.