Sale aside, MS is the most prepared for the next evolution of gaming both hardware and software.
- On hardware, they have the lowest price entry level for those hot third party games with One S, plus best looking/performing multiplat on Scorpio next year.
- Software side, they have move into OS base generation like other most successful platforms. Games build with dynamic scalability in mind, same games just run better on better hardware like your games run better when you upgrade your phone. And all games just work on all the devices running with same OS, I don't even call it BC, just like we don't call games on PC/mobile backward compatible. Any gaming devices not on the same page will get left out.
- MS games also ahead of trend with online focus, games as service, mmo lite, esport all those big money making genre.
- With Japanese games get irrelevant fast, missing out those games quickly become none factor.
The stars is lining up for MS. Once the next evolution of gaming start, they will be in the forefront.