Documentation and software support often seems to be Raspberry's major advantage. While more niche but powerful hardware existed for a long time in between generations of the Pi the lack of software support/community around it left it buggy and inconsistent. In this case time will tell if it continues to hold true.
Is that as important for a microcontroller, though? It's not like Linux on an SoC, where the pain is vendor kernels that are buggy, incomplete, and/or outdated.
Just look at all the plug and play breakout boards available for this at launch. This is going to be huge for kids learning microcontroller programming (which is of course the pi foundation's raison d'etre.
Arduino runs on ESP8266 and ESP32 chips. It’s a nice introduction to that world, with hardware that’s so inexpensive that it removes the fear of damaging something with a bad connection.
