They built the 360 from the ground up to be the most powerful gaming console, just like the OG Xbox. This time they came out from the start to tell us that they didn't target high end graphics on their game machine and gimped the memory architecture to ensure 8GB was available for non-game related things. Then bundled in the Kinect with barely any actual gaming usage and charged $500 for it.
If you don't see that as a change in leadership vision for their console device, I don't know what to tell you.
Well I won't expect a reply then
Their actual goal (their vision) hasn't changed. They want to sell you a box to stick under you TV and help them to dominate the living room. Like I said, they were more deceptive about it in the past (they had to be), but this time round they're more upfront about it (because they felt they were in a position where they could be). It seems that many gamers feel betrayed about the way they're going about things now, they might see it as a change in leadership, a different vision, but as far as I'm concerned MS are just trying to fulfil their original goal that they started back in the late 90s:
Step 1 - Get their foot in the door (lose billions in the process)
Step 2 - Build a strong user base (lose billions in the process)
Step 3 - Try to dominate (make billions in the process)
Unfortunately for MS, step 3 likely won't work out quite as planned.
I genuinely believe that even if Allard was there, the XB1 wouldn't be radically different. It would still be a rather modest console built to provide profits, not cutting-edge graphics.