Or just maybe no matter the circumstance , some of us are okay and its not reason to whine like an entitled tot .

1st party and 3rd party dev support had nothing to do with the initial struggle.

It was the entire media fumble fiasco MS had from the XBO reveal all the way up to launch with HORRIBLE PR statements, DRM, etc...

The final straw was launching their console $100 more than the PS4, while being weaker because of forcing Kinect on early adopters.

That was the issue. Losing the marketing rights for the majority of 3rd party games to PS4, and not excelling at New IP's this gen is what caused the system to stay stagnate. But selling +8m consoles per year isn't a bad thing, though I'm sure MS would much rather be at or above 10m like the 360 was when the slim launched.

Pretty sure it was people cancelling pre orders and not making pre orders after they found out about the very same policies that Microsoft has implemented in China to this very day. And the backlash. Because even before getting behind on 1st party AAA's before launch they had to reverse course(Which they finally, finally admitted).

That was the reason for the problems. THEN came not having enough AAA titles even though they have more than the big three that people give them credit for. Sony just has WAY too many more. And don't even get me started on how many 1st party AAA's Nintendo has. I lost count.

So what your saying is, your choosing to be ignorant. So what your saying is because Microsoft are sort of dealing with the problems (and creating a new console is not dealing with it is just deflecting) its ok to be ignorant to what has gone before.
Your saying fully supported, yet everything you mention is what may happen in the future. Support is not what you only do going forward, it's what you do in the present and what you have done in the past.
You may have a point in 2 years time but as of present, no. For your note, they should have worked alongside devs and listened to fans three years ago but of course as you clearly point out, ignorance is a choice.

Mmmmmyummy-the article showcases past mistakes Microsoft made. Your a fan of Xbox, i get it. But your blind trust is why all this time the fans keep saying Microsoft is going to kill it, and didn't. Stack processing, cloud computing, Directx 12, was all supposed to kicked Sony's butt, Never Happen!. I agree with most, Games make the console, not the power. If Microsoft can get the third parties back on board with exclusives, Dammit make lots of first party games (of any price point) and embrace indies better (Microsofts bad ID@ program parity clause hurt them), then Xbox can be worth it again. I own a Xbox one and hardly touch it. Halo and Forza cannot save Xbox. I also feel the original Xbox One will be left behind in a few years after Scorpio launch. With its weak power, Dev's are going to demand it saying their games can't be ported down to the inferior Xbox One.

I think what they mean is MS doesn't have as many exclusives as Sony. And MS isn't adhering to the made up fanBOY rule exclusives don't count if released on PC. It's unwritten rules you've got to learn on N4G. Home of confirmation bias. IT's kind of like playing Dungeons and Dragons with made up fantasy rules which can change at anytime. Prepare for ignorance. So if you go by the fantasy fourum fanBOY rules. MS definitely doesn't support XBone. Problem solved, move on for you'll never win.

@rude, ms expected to sell a billion xbones. Think ms would consider it horrendous tbh.

One of the reasons the PS3 struggled early was not only because of the high price, but because Sony was marketing it as a Blu-Ray player first instead of a game console. So there really weren't any quality games for the PS3 for the 1st year and a half. Once Blu-Ray beat out HD-DVD, Sony started marketing the PS3 as a game console and great quality games started coming out.

Microsoft has about 5-6 things that made fans unhappy with it. 1) Price 2) Terrible reveal 3) Kinect packed in with every system 4) Promoting TV & Sports on it before games 5) Wanting to go digital and have DRM game disks. 6) System weaker then competition.

@fleecejohnson75 you're right

Quantum Break was released at the beginning of 2016.

@Mmmmhmmmm

Your comment is confusing.

The one had like one or two more decent exclusives above the ps4 at launch and it evened out over the next year.

MS peaked in 2015 with an incredibly strong holiday but has shriveled since then with notable mentions being gears 4 and forza still being excellent.

Sony kicked it into gear hard on 2016 with gravity rush remaster, street fighter, ratchet and clank, uncharted 4, king of fighters, the yearly mlb and the last guardian and then sony blew minds at the 2016 e3 and psx event while dumping high quality exclusives literally all above a meta of 80 in the first half of 2017, it's freaking nuts.

2017 still has Wipeout collection, crash bandicoot, ni no kuni 2, dreams and gt sport with games like death stranding, spiderman, the last of us 2, days gone and Detroit for next year.

Sorry but while MS was ahead at launch it just couldn't last long.

@Mmmmmmmmmmyummy

But 1800p to 2160p isn't the biggest difference either. Kinda silly to just mention 1080p/1440p...
Also 2160p checkerboard rendered and native 2160p isn't a big difference either.

Power doesn't matter for most people out there, if it did why on earth did MS sell 26 million Xbox Ones????????

Do you have a PS4/PS4 Pro? If not, why not? They've been the most powerful console for 4 years when Scorpio comes out. And if you do, when did you get it? Did you get it first or after you got the X1?
If you and many Xbox fans didn't get swayed by power then, why on earth do you think people will be swayed now?

Besides, people already on a PS4 aren't going to switch all that easily. Yes, they might get the Scorpio as an extra console but most of them aren't going to make it their primary system if it means they have to leave all their PSN friends, trophies and games behind.

And what many people also forget is that Sony has always sold more console each generation than MS did, there are just more PS fans out there than Xbox fans...

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PS. I finally do understand why MS wanted so desperately to introduce cross-play between X1 and PS4 all of a sudden, it would mean with Scorpio that people didn't have to leave their friends behind...

@Mmmmmmmmmmyummy

Let's clarify your statements.
Two games that were supposed to be launch titles were delayed; The Order and Driveclub so your first point was actually right until March 2014.

Resolutiongate was a factor, but the Xbox One's problems were compounded by it's $500 price for weaker hardware and a peripheral no one wanted. After the initial launch, sales dropped off and here's the reason why:

The Xbox One had $500 price tag. PS4 had a $400 price tag. Figure it out.

@Ghostindashell

PS4's sold because of:
$100 price difference
Blackops 3 bundles
Star Wars Battlefront bundle
Uncharted 4 bundle
Bloodborne
The Last of Us Remastered

And I'm sure when Sony announces more than 60 million sold at E3, there will be several MORE GAMES that will be responsible:

Nioh
Horizon Zero Dawn
Persona 5

And when PS4 slim outsells the Xbox Scorpio will it be because of power or games?

And the "Aha!" moment emerges...