This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a new controller - eviltoast
  • Aielman15@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So MS has predictably decided to abandon disc-compatible consoles to push GP sales (and bank on the MS Store).

    I only bought the Xbox One S because of the backwards compatibility program. Going disc-less would kill the vast majority of my existing Xbox 360 library, including titles that are backwards compatible but cannot be purchased on the store anymore (such as Prince of Persia 2008, Ace Combat 6, and many more).

    No thanks.

    • lustyargonian@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      When they are not making disc less consoles, they are making game less disc, either way the point of discs has been pretty moot on Xbox side of things. Halo Infinite and even Starfield are just licences on a disk, and I doubt that’ll be changing soon even if they add disc drive to the mid gen refresh or add a detachable disc drive. Only Sony and Nintendo are somewhat keeping physical media alive right now.

      I hope EU intervenes and makes console makers allow alternate stores on the consoles just like they’re making Apple do that for iPhone, and make the consoles truly PC like, if they’re all becoming all digital.

    • TheMorningStar@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Digital is the future, pal. When’s the last time you saw a gaming pc with a disk drive?

      And it’s not like they’re taking the physical options away.

      • Molecular0079@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I feel like the situation is a bit different for PC no? There’s a history of backwards compatibility since forever. Yes PC game stores like Steam are all digital, but there was never a chance that the store would just close down when a generation was over, unlike in the console space.