I see a lot of comments and posts pessimistic about xbox's future, and I get it because trust needs to be earned and layoffs are miserable to see (among other things, there's lots of negatives for sure) but given how different this year has been over previous ones I think there's some real positives too that make me optimistic for the years ahead (improvements to dashboard UI, badges, disc to digital, more transparency, apparent momentum finally with ES6, Gears being exclusive, Kojima, other things I can't remember off the top of my head).

If I try to imagine the gaming world in 2030 (if we haven't been murdered by robots), given how Sony and Xbox are trending toward the future, I personally feel Xbox will be a better next gen console to go with.…