Does The Recent Xbox Leak Really Reveal That The Console Brand Now Hates Discs?

The language used to describe an upcoming Xbox console refresh has physical media fans fearing the worst.

[shadowT]

maybe they will release an external drive later?

[Futureshark]

"Why need physical discs when you can have....GAMEPASS!!!"

"Still not sure, then let us make the decision for you... there now you can think of it as a Series S Pro".

[badz149]

There is already a Series S Pro, it's called the Series X

[Godmars290]

Why buy games at all if you have Game Pass.

(Nevermind not all games are on GP, wouldn't be even if available cause we wouldn't pay to keep it all on servers.)

[ravens52]

75% of their base owns the S so it makes sense.

[john416]

I’m not sure about everyone else but I haven’t bought a physical game during this console generation so far for either of the consoles

[jznrpg]

I have bought 150 or so

[RedDevils]

Damn you sure got lot of times lol

[shinoff2183]

I usually see more Sony fans interested in actual disc's. Myself included. On the Xbox side we'll according to the 75 percent of xboxs out there are s it would make sense

I've got about 100 ps5 and 100s of ps4

[Rimeskeem]

I like buying physical discs after a release when they are on sale. I usually only buy digital when a game releases and I am gamesharing so we split the cost evenly making it cheaper.

[Barlos]

All my PS5 games are physical.

I don't like the idea of an all digital future, I think we should always be given that choice.

[I_am_Batman]

My decision tree looks something like this:

1. If game releases feature complete and doesn't rely on post-launch patches to fix critical issues -> buy disc version.
2. If game releases with critical issues and/or adds essential features through post-launch updates -> wait for potential release of "complete edition" containing patched build on disc.
3. If physical release is not available -> buy DRM-free version of the game on PC (mostly on gog).
4. If DRM-free version is not available -> look if there's a way to remove DRM manually (PC).
5. If there is no way to get a DRM-free copy of a game, either wait for big discount of the game or skip the game.

[InsaneChronos]

MS hates disks since the reveal of Xbox One.

[anast]

They want always online and DRM.

[mandf]

They want all the money and ownership rights. Greed

[shinoff2183]

Now? They have for a long time. Ms is the biggest push for all digital. Hell Sony and Nintendo will do print runs as low as 1000 disc, while ms was reported to be at at like 50k. Most indies/small publishers probably can't afford to print 50k

[Miacosa]

If the other leaks and or reports are factual then 75% of Xbox Series owners are Series S then it's not a bad gamble for them to go all digital. Plus, MS is becoming a cloud-first services company that wants all its customers to be perpetually renting subscriptions not owning physical. They tried with Xbox One and it was too early and it probably still is now but that is the long game for Xbox to be fully subscription-based eventually like their other lines of business.

[Barlos]

What's wrong with this site? I wrote a perfectly legitimate comment and it wasn't allowed because apparently it "looks like spam". It's almost as bad as MSN!