Satya Nadella’s “Xbox competes with TikTok” comments don’t make sense — but not for the reason you think

Xbox is in a period of transition, as it struggles to find a strong footing in the post-Xbox console era.

The console wars are over, declared GameStop (and the White House?), with Xbox thoroughly trounced by PlayStation and Nintendo. But, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella isn’t doom and gloom about Xbox’s platform future, at least not yet.

In comments just yesterday, Nadella said he was looking forward to the next Xbox “console” (although he oddly avoided using the word “Xbox” throughout the interview.) He…