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Yes, but can you roll a platform of the distribution, breadth, depth and persistence over good and bad cycles of the scale of Xbox or PlayStation while being a private company? A few have tried.
No, but do you have to? You can still be a profitable company without aiming for world domination.
No, there are plenty of independent private game developers (Stardew Valley, Baldur's gate etc come to mind) I was just taking Phil Spencer's perspective, which I imagine is a platform level one.