@admiral-greyjoy that's a can of worms mate! In 2013 MS was poised to eliminate Xbox. Shareholders still cry out for the removal of the division. Bill gates himself would rather keep Bing than Xbox per his own words. The console has stopped sharing the disappointing sales figures since over 4 years now. Last open report was 30 million total and only 53 million Xboxlive versus Sony and their 79.8 million consoles and that's before one accounts for the hundreds of million PC players.
Play anywhere and gamepass are the directives that are meant to save Xboxlive.
The can of worms is deeper still but the points above should suffice to suggest Xbox really isn't as relevant as players hope. Crossplay is the tool they're using to attempt to retain interest from Shareholders and allowing them to maintain the division...
If this falls apart, there might be more tricks on the horizon. But it's true. The money makers themselves don't have a desire to invest in the console since 2013.
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There's a reason MS is buying a ton of dev companies and gamepass/play anywhere is exactly the reason. The effort is to create customers where there aren't enough for the shareholders to validate the costs of operation.