I tried this at PAX in 2017. I want to like it, but the difficulty puts me off.

I initially just glanced over this headline with realizing the significance of it.  "Oh yeah, another prominent indie title on the Switch."  Then I realized "What a minute!  MS published that game!"

The idea of Microsoft publishing a game on a Nintendo console just seems bizarre.  This is like Bonk's Adventure getting an NES port.  Seems like you're waving the white flag on your own console when you start porting stuff to the competition.  Maybe MS doesn't see Nintendo as competition but that's stupid, frankly.  Unless you need 4K or VR the Switch is pretty much going to fill the same needs as an Xbox One.

Cuphead's notorious difficult seems like a major waste of its cool presentation.  I think there's an enormous opportunity for someone to just outright rip-off Cuphead's style and make a more accessible game.  The buzz for this title was pretty high until it became apparent that it was for experts only.  Or maybe Disney should apply the graphics style to a future Mickey Mouse platformer.

I agree about the artstyle kind of feeling like a waste.

But I don't think this is MS giving up on their console.  It's not like they're putting up one of their major franchises like Halo or Gears of War.