Rumor: Microsoft is Planning a Digital-Only Xbox Series X,
- Thread starter John Elden Ring
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They should had done that in 2020 instead the premium paperweight Series S.
Now it doesn't matter anymore.
Now it doesn't matter anymore.
Yes, I bought a games console. You also support child slavery by buying your electronics, etc. Let's not go down that route. By that logic, we'd all live in the woods and not buy anything.
Phasing out physical media is about raising margins (manufacturing, printing, packing, shipping, store shelves, etc. that costs a lot of money).
and a lot of people are ready, so why sell the disc drive to everyone when only about 1\3rd of players need it... and they only need it from time to time.
so, from xbox and shit they are doing to gaming, straight up to child slavery. so every shit decision to make will boil down to child slavery.
yeah, very smooth.
Then you support it too since there is a DDless PS5 sku.
Not that I trust the article in question, Insidergaming is a trash source.
Yes, because you insunuate that by purchasing a games console from a company you don't like it automatically supports all their shit decisions. You can enjoy certain things a company makes but not agree with their overall policies. And yes, I do enjoy certain Xbox games, mainly older titles that I can play on the Series X. I'd gladly play them on my PS5 but Sony doesn't support native PS3 BC.
Both of us like PS. By that logic we shouldn't support them because they made questionable and anti consumer decisions in every gen. They started charging for online on PS4 because they could. They started charging for upgrades on PS5 because they could. They manufacture their shit in China, just like everyone else. We still support them.
That's why I used the argument I did. If you look at it like that, we can't have anything, as all companies have anti consumer policies and exploit others to make money. And it all starts at the very basic elements, that are mined using children.
Fully disc-less consoles will be a travesty, prices will go up. Disc-less PS5 owners benefit from the existence of discs. Playstation still has to compete on price with retail. Absent that competition, games can sit on the store for $70 little downward price pressure. Bestbuy and Gamestop don't want to keep 1000s of copies of Borderlands 3 in their warehouses, so they do blow out sales. If Playstation and Xbox go fully digital, the average price of games will drift upward. They would rather have you subscribe to a game library than sell games for a sharp discount.