To be honest, the Xbox One was far from a failure.
It sure did flop hard at launch because the previous head of Xbox was an absolute... Idiot.
But the division got turned around and the Xbox One became a great value system, one that I owned for a good amount of time and for very little money had a great deal of fun.
Playstation had the better exclusives, but Xbox was good for your average Joe that didn't care about that.
Activision has always been multiplatform and I'm pretty against exclusivity, it's great that Microsoft games come out on PC also but I think these barriers are superficial and only serve to give fake value to systems.
The Nintendo Switch for example is a great buy because of the niche it fills, of portability, the PS5 is great because of the UX and how powerful it is, the Series X is great for being generally cheaper than the 5 and being a good PC companion and the Series S is great for budget gamers.
It's sad to rely on exclusivity deals, so I really hope Microsoft does the right thing with Activision.
Yes that's right,
Each console has its own strength
but in my opinion the xbox is really moving forward now
and maybe it could be a game changer out there!