"All-Digital" Xbox One With No Disc Drive Leaked

What would be truly great is if we got an Xbox One (and X) with an HDMI port that didn't die and take $250 to fix.

they could also do what i suggested years ago...

use a usb flash drive to download the game at the store or from a kiosk like redbox.. go home and install it off the flash drive.

no need for discs and people with limited or slow internet connection can still get their games.

with the cheap cost of usb drives they could even sell a usb drive with games already on it... tho that wouldn't be the normal way to do it.. digital download works fine.

it's inevitable.. PC games very very rarely even have a disc release or if they do it's very limited and not like you just go to any store and get them.. yet pc gaming is doing fine. there are plenty of computers with no disc drive.. mine does have one, but i don't even remember when i last used it, or even IF i ever used it actually.

but again as it says this would not replace all the other consoles.. so if you want a disc drive you can still use it.

digital movies and online video services are way more popular then disc based movies and shows.

to all the people saying you will need a bigger hard drive... even if you use a disc the game is still installed!!

the only big difference is instead of inserting a disc and waiting for it to install, you click download and wait for it to install. very minor difference (unless you have a data limit) heck the last game i installed from a disc took just as long to install as downloaded games, and my internet connection isn't really that good..

Yeah.... I haven't used the disc drive in years.

Another fail for Microsoft and the X flop. What else is new? Laughable at this point.

I see a few problems with this "leak"

1: 1TB is nowhere near enough space for digital only. Microsoft should know that.

2: Xbox boxes don't typically feature everything that's on this box art. Google "Xbox one console box" and you'll see this one in the leak is much busier.

3: Forza Horizon 3 came out in 2016. Forza games are one of Microsoft's biggest game franchises. When they release the newest console they typically release the newest Forza game along with it. Very unlike them to release an older one.

4: This one expands on my last point. When Microsoft releases a new console they put new (or at least newer) games on it. This one features nothing that's come out in the last year. Here's a list of games that were released with the Xbox one when it came out for reference: https://www.ign.com/wikis/xbox-one/Xbox_One_Launch_Titles#Confirmed_Day_One_Xbox_One_Games

5: Why would Xbox put this feature on a One S when they've already confirmed they're releasing a next gen console this year? Even if this is the next gen console they would've at least changed the name to something other than Xbox one.

All in all this sounds cool, but I have serious doubts

That's funny. I got my X1S with Gears 4 for $200.

With a disc drive.

This thing, after nearly 7 years on the market, should be $159.

Can you still play offline games if servers go down? As a hardcore gamer, I prefer traditional consoles because I usually buy big games/games I love on disks ie God of War, Gears and only buy indie games digitally. The plus side is I don't have to keep deleting games to get new ones.

bye bye game stores if this catches on.

Hope this isn't setting the trend for next gen.

You need at least a 4TB hd for something like that.

For someone new to Xbox who wants to get into GamePass this system probably makes sense. The only thing I don't agree with is building a new system based on the inferior specs of the One S. At this point they should only be manufacturing hardware based on the One X specs. The CPU and memory are nearly six years old after all, and many people probably won't realize that when buying a "new" system.