Really?
You would have a point if your evidence was correct but facts still show that Microsoft has little to no penetration in the market. So I'm not far fetch into believing that currently, they need to pick up the pace on positioning their relevance with their products that isn't a console right now.
Right now, the market isn't checking for the Surface despite how good and more "productive" you can be on it. It selling a little bit more versus its other sibling YoY isn't saying anything. Only selling 2.1 Million is almost a year for a product that's been out for a while? Come on. Microsoft hasn't sold the public on why the Surface is better versus the competitors. I like the Surface Pro 2 and I seriously want one (mostly because I love the Metro interface on touch enable hardware), however I'm not that blind to see that there is still an issue elsewhere that needs to be fix. There are still barriers that customer need to be on board for, that helps developers make the decision.
I understand this. My post was a little time crunched so I didn't get to elaborate a little more on what I was trying to say. I completely understand what this can do for the Xbox. What Microsoft has a achieved here is complete unification. This completely dodges the fragmentation situation that plague Google's vision as we speak. I applaud them for doing it quicker and much more efficient than their competitors. I don't disagree with you, because I can see myself doing the same thing. However I'm looking at this in a top down approach. The Xbox is not the main platform that this entire system needs to succeed on. I get that whatever the developers make for the Xbox, will translate into all other devices and that's a big deal.
I guess what I'm trying to say is
all of Microsoft's products have to sell the ecosystem. It can't just be one without the other. But since what i'm talking about doesn't even relate to the topic at hand, I'll stop with this and reserve it for a different topic.
In general, its good all around for Microsoft fans, Xbox fans, and Tech fan in general who finally can see Microsoft coming back from being the underdog to making serious decisions that can shape the way the platform build upon for the next couple of years. Under new leadership so far, some great announcements has come that really makes for a hopeful future. The vision they want to achieve is still far away but a lot more organized with this new announcement. I'm hopeful to see what comes of it, and hope that I am proven wrong about my opinion.
Shame, because that isn't what I said but of course, anything that pinches the side of anything MS must be negative. Can't have a different perspective I guess.