You might have a point if virtually every single move Microsoft has made for the last couple of years didn't point to them thinking outside of the box, literally. Clearly software has become a MAJOR priority to them for next gen, and all the avenues to get it out to gamers abroad.
Microsoft isn't as dependent on selling hardware as Sony and Nintendo are to thrive. If you were talking about Soley hardware sales, I could see your point. But next gen, hardware sales will be taking a back seat to subscriptions and streaming services in which the other Big 2 aren't equipped for.
Like, literally, Microsoft has laid a clear path to the pearly Gates of gaming while Sony and Nintendo continued the more traditional route via hardware. If hardware were the be-all-end-all to success in this industry, Google, Amazon and even Netflix would've placed their chips on an Entertainment box to go under your television set. Clearly they didn't. Like, at all! In fact, no box required.
So when you speak on "Xbox getting whipped next gen" forgive me if I chuckle a bit. The game has changed..... significantly. Sony won't be the only one's with the games next gen. And unfortunately, it doesnt look like their quite on the level of subs and streaming services like Microsoft are.
Don't mistake me tho; I want all the big boys to play in the majors. But to think Sony and Nintendo can still play this game like its 1995, is missing a much, much bigger picture.
