I don’t think it’s a token gesture. Microsoft is a software company; they want to sell software, not hardware. They don’t really care about xbox other than as a means to sell more software and gamepass subscriptions. Selling their games on as many platforms as possible is a logical move for them.
IIRC it also had a clip of the Apollo 11 launch and moon landing. Amazing stuff.
I always put my PS5 in rest mode so I don’t see those very often either.
I don’t get why people care about themes for their console homescreen at all. I see that screen for 3 seconds once every couple of weeks when I switch to a different game. Why would I care what it looks like? How much time do you spend on the home screen that you feel the need to customize it?
Do you also need someone to pour it in your mouth?
You can put money and source code in escrow for this exact eventuality.