Except for games output, Phil has done everything that is needed to return Xbox to its root, power of X etc.
Yes 1st party output seems an achilles heel for Phil, im not sure why? Probably it is something harder to direct than hardware and networking side. You are dealing with people in the creativity sector, you want to believe giving them more freedom is needed.
There is serious incongruence at the xbox division. The X and the original Elite controller are amazing piece of kit. The size of the X, for the power it puts out, is godly and that controller? Best one ever made, hands down. It's a work of pure genius.
The games though?
What teams other than 343 are having issues? Go ahead, I'll wait.
All of the ones who haven't put out a game all gen? Ninja theory having their game cancelled, whoever was responsible for the laughably bad Crackdown 3? The coalition seem to be wobbling a bit. Gears 4 was the greatest torch-carrying of a franchise i've ever witnessed. They fucking nailed it, 100%. Gear 5 though? Crapfest.
Outside of that we have, Ryse, sunset overdrive, sea of thieves, ori and i can't think of any more exclusives? I know there are some, but i'm drawing a blank
Playground games should be the MS equivilent of SWWS, as Playground are one of the best, most consistent, most reliable devs in the industry to date. Going this route, MS could return to the days where they used '2nd party' devs to create exclusives for the Xbox. It worked perfectly for 10 years, i've no idea why they changed it