But the current ecosystem depends on selling the hardware at a loss. We would still have consoles, but the ecosystem would necessarily change. If consoles were

But the current ecosystem depends on selling the hardware at a loss. We would still have consoles, but the ecosystem would necessarily change. If consoles were not price subsidized like now, their prices would go up and sales would be affected. Presumably there'd just be fewer people who could afford to buy the latest one. You might see lower or higher specs in consoles since the market would be a little more niche. Xbox might merge fully into Windows 10 and the line between console and gamer PC may disappear. At the very least, I think we can all agree that the console ecosystem would change. Maybe "destroy" is too strong, but maybe not.