If it's not easy to program for, it' costing the developer money. Devs enjoyed the X360 because it was easier to develop for, seemed to go well for MS then.
I'm going to add that those who didn't buy an XBO may be interested in a smaller 4K version. Those with no interest it wouldn't have mattered. Those with an XBO will likely wait. Hopefully, the Scorpio launch lineup will be very impressive or all those teraflops won't mean a thing. Plus, I find the lack of interest in their play anywhere somewhat surprising. Sure it's limited now, but the potential is good. Buy once, play on W10 or XBO or Scorpio. In general, that&#...
Anyone who wasn't interested in an XBO might be now with the smaller one. Hey, gotta play Gears 4 somehow. State of Decay 2 or what not. Point being, a smaller system may attract new comers, make more Sony owners cross-console owners etc. And size does matter. Remember the original Xbox? Japan shunned the monster size. Small Box may attract some overseas markets too. Those who already have an XBO may opt to wait for the Scorpio (or Neo). In that regard, MS still makes money off ...
Yet again evidence of what programming to hardware capabilities result in rather then relying on brute force alone.
"Will Project Scorpio Bring Gamers Back to XBOX?"
No, but games will. I don't care how powerful or cheap the system is, if it doesn't have the games I'm looking for, I wouldn't buy it. Been that way since the Atari.