Xbox Series X Digital-Only Mid-Gen Refresh Has Been Leaked In Court Documents

Don't see the point in adding the accelerometer to the controller as just a mid-gen refresh. Devs are not going to implement motion sensing features into games if millions and millions of existing controllers out there can't do it. It needs to be a base feature that an entire gen starts with

There will be always the generation problems of gamers.

I like my discs vs i gone all digital.

The tech changes all the time.

The reality is, the shift to digital is inavoidable.

That shift is,it seems, going faster among Xbox gamers but the ratio of sold games on PS digital vs physical is shifting slowly but steady also to digital.

Companies sees that, they evalue the data they get.

Why would PS made a discless SKU if there was no trend visible?

So,what will all the gamers with physical games going forward?

My wishfull thinking is, Xbox and PS should allow us to convert our physical games to a digital version at some point before a point of no return.

They need to add a disc drive to Series S, not the other way around. If they get rid of discs, I'm done with consoles.

It's kind of ironic how united the gaming community was ten years ago and the force they exerted pushing back against Microsoft after their disastrous Xbox One reveal at E3... a console that required online connectivity in order to work, a unique, electronic thumbprint for games so they couldn't be shared openly with friends, a massive push towards an all-encompassing, digital storefront where games were no longer owned outright, but downloaded, rented, and enjoyed according to TOS agreements.

They didn't get what they wanted in 2013, the vitriol was fast and rightfully brutal and the company lost millions... so Microsoft backed off, patiently re-designed their business plan and put their efforts into reassuring the gaming community they were 'one of them', that this Draconian slip was a misguided mistake, an episode.. took to firing big names in big positions and letting us all know.

Ten years later...

Enter the Xbox Series X Brooklin... a console that requires online connectivity in order to work, games that absolutely can't be shared with any friends, and a massive, all-encompassing digital storefront where games are no longer owned outright, but downloaded, rented, and enjoyed according to TOS agreements.
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Why would any gamer handicap themselves like this?

Going digital only makes more sense for the Xbox than PS5 because Microsoft gives game keys to 3rd party sellers, meaning that you don’t have to pay full price for a digital version. Sony doesn’t do this which means you are at their mercy for when they decide to drop the price on games, which is very rare.

I have both systems, but I use the Xbox more because I got the PS5 digital back when the consoles were scarce, but the AAA games on both systems are more affordable on Xbox due to key resellers.

Once again digital is the future. there is no way around this. we may like disc but the cost of disc doesn't make sense anymore. It like when buying a new Car, there is no longer a CD bay in most of them because people don't use them anymore most time.

I like Wi-Fi 6 upgrade and i also like the addition of Bluetooth since the current Xbox don't support Bluetooth and i also like the 2TB addition. What i don't like is the only digital thing, since i have a lot of old regular Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox one games disc. I will not be able to play any of those games.

What they should have done with this, is add an option to add the disc drive for those who wanted to added later. A detachable disc drive that you can buy later and added to your console would have been a winning formula for them. Especially considering that Sony might be doing something like that with their PS.

This just further cements that Mircosoft's main strategy is Game Pass.

All digital and still $500. They'll have to do better than that to complete with Sony.

No disc drive is rubbish.

I hope it's all bs.

Digital games are overpriced most of the time so we need to keep physical going.

If a game has been out a while you'll find it way cheaper physical while unless it's in a sale on digital it'll be max price.

A digital only future is anti competitive and will ruin gaming.There would be no competition on console and the customer would be ripped off to the maximum.

Microsoft and Sony want to rip people off especially this gen.

all digital is not adorable...

if they aren't paying to produce discs then they can really lower the cost of the storage expansion slot cards right??

Drop in digital video game prices since there's no physical product being produced and transported when??

It's ridiculous, there's far less cost involved in its production. There's no reason that they cost the same price.

Cool. Not having a disc drive means I won't be missing out when, once again, I don't buy these mid-gen refreshes.

Wow, those are ugly.