It's more a requirement than a chosen strategy to have two models. It's not made for a supposed neutral consumer but for all existing Xbox customers, to avoid another dilution of the Xbox playerbase during the transition. The retail situation and the direct sales parity or on third-party software got contracted like never since the One launch, despite the One S, UHD Blu Ray, One X, PUBG, RDR1/2 in 4K or Gamepass the brand hasn't reversed the steam but preserved the existing.The way I'm seeing it is that if the Anaconda is more powerful it won't matter Sony's first party games will make Anaconda look more like a garden snake....
For me the two unknowns are the possible progression of costs and margins made or lost on hardware when talking about two, maybe three models and a distinct server model ; secondly, how will they promote the growth of the division this time, with numbers of units sold and the risk to be diminished when compared, or with some MAU measurements of "engagement" but if made of actual users having upgraded, the risk to only reveal a flat evolution (a Live user switching from a One S to a Lockhart won't count for two).
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