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"Doomsday Scenario" might be a bit much as a descriptor. XD
And yes, be it Nintendo, Sony, EGS or whatever, it's the same deal. The biggest difference is simply that MS is so big that it not even close to a risk for them. As long as Xbox's income evens out to zero and they aren't actively losing money, it's "a win" and they can easily make up for it and add to it until it starts making money. But it already does, so...
A juggernaut that size is hard to contend with and usually gets it's way.
It will be interesting to see how many of InXile, Obsidian, Bethesda and ActivisionBlizzards future games will be Windows Store and Xbox exclusives. (timed or otherwise.) They are the new bargaining chips after all.
The second one of them becomes exclusive, they lose me as a customer too. But I think history shows that they tried that already.