Valve is coming for Microsoft’s lunch. The xbox team needs to communicate their strategies better to the public. There is now a decent window to strike if they launch next gen in another 1 years time (25th anniversary) & capitalize on the GTO delay. Xbox next could be the best way to play GTO — if they manage to fix the windows-xbox software merge in time by then
Predicting future events in particular game sales is insanely challenging even during the best of times, but, in this case, I think we can assume this new game will sell 25 million units faster than any game in history. I have the over and under at around 5 days.
It's mind boggling to me there are currently 220 million units sold for its predecessor. Perhaps Rockstar isn't interested or Take-Two would veto it, but if I were Sony or Microsoft here, it's worth a shot to land a short time exclusive.
The new specs on the Xbox is interesting. Until now, I've never considered any Xbox hardware simply because you can play them on a PC, which rendered Sony the logical choice as the console for primarily PC gamers. However, if they can manage to make the Win UI less painful (at least for my taste), allow access to my Steam library, it'll surely be considerer for future purchase.
Had someone told me the gaming industry would grow to where it is today--arguably the largest entertainment sector in the world--I'd never have believed it. As such, I think it's so large there's more than enough for the pie to go around. There's a game for literally everyone these days, and I think there's a system for everyone's preferences too. Unlike when I was growing up, I don't think it's a zero sum game anymore.