I think that Hellblade 2 and Avowed (less sure about Fable...) will both be out next year. So it is not like tge Xbpx will be starving for content. Regardless of what is said about MS pipeline and management processes, they bought so many teams, some of which with a great pedigree, they will have the games. I think that it will be too late for them to dethrone Sony this generation (well, Sony could always stumble, especially ehen it comes to their GAAS push...), but they will regain some positive mindshare, and past mistakes will be forgotten.
Having said that, Zand now that they have tarnished the Halo brand, they absolutely need for Starfield to land. Now I know that Bethesda has made some beloved games, but I am a bit preoccupied because while said games were well-received, critically praised and commercially successful, they got there despite their two shortcomings: The jankiness of the tech, and the mediocrity of the minute-to-minute gameplay. They were -are- so rich, so complex and so ambitious, that criticism of the aforementioned points was subdued, for the most part. I wonder if this configuration will be shared by Starfield, and I do wonder if expectations have risen because of so many brilliant releases since the last major Bethesda RPG (The Two Zeldas, Elden Ring...), and if the current and justified campaign against bugs, glitches and inconsistencies will affect the reviews?!