Yup, I feel that E3 is going to be a big wake up call for a lot of Gaffers. Expecting Scorpio to be this reboot of their first party efforts and that they'll unveil the thing alongside a bunch of new IP's and projects just isn't realistic. It's mid-gen refresh just like the PS4 Pro was, but I guess you could say that the announcement last year did a great job of elevating fan perception of the machine beyond that.
While I think this is how things are going to turn out, I don't really get how that's good for MS. Most people don't care that much about power, except as a way of confirming their purchase. As long as it is competent for where software is and seems like good tech, being the most powerful doesn't matter to all but a very niche consumer who is probably on PC.
I don't see how it is a weapon against PS install base. I don't see how it pushes it as the place to play games when there is that install base.
I think MS needs mindshare of core consumers and buzz. It needs adoption momentum, and I don't see how that comes from multiplatforms when more are playing on PS4.
I think pushing value with Xbox S is a much more promising thing, because price and features like movie playback are more convincing than power.
I don't really expect Scorpio to do much, just like Pro hasn't and I don't really get why people expect it to.
Even if Xbox came out with killer exclusives, it'd mostly drive the S. Don't really see how Scorpio plus exclusives, even Scorpio exclusives at a premium price point does much.