Keep in mind they said plans changed. I'm thinking they release a disc drive attachment now too. There's no way they'd completely invalidate BC like this.
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[RUMOR] Walmart to start removing physical Xbox games from store. Starting with Starfield (marking down to 3 cents potentially)
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They aren't invalidating BC when those titles are available digitally.
Then the question becomes would it be loose or integrated into the console somehow. Top or bottom and it could block vents.
Some aren't, like Arkham Origins. Or say maybe I have an extensive disc collection across 360 and Xbox One. Am I supposed to rebuy those titles?
Tbh most physical games need a patch or two to iron out bugs etc so could he argued that every title needs a download of sorts.
My plan is to eventually buy the biggest expansion ssd for the series x and install all of my games on that plus the internal with all updates.
I know you could argue i might as well buy them digitally then but I still like knowing I have the game for good and worst case if the ssd fails I still gave the base game. Aside from exceptions like Halo Infinite.
You're supposed to play them on the consoles you currently own with a disc drive. Going forward you won't unless they do some kind of a disc drive add-on. Seeing that they are pulling discs out of retail I doubt that's in the plans though.
Likely USB-C external. That way it could work with Series S too.
People frequently trade in old consoles for new ones. I still say it's short sighted to just straight up not have a way to support physical games moving forward, but still sell them. Third parties will likely still ship physical. And considering Hellblade was specifically mentioned as digital seems like Indy and Avowed will be on disc too.
There's no USB C on the current Series S or the refresh that was in the roadmap that leaked.
Xbox has a single digit percentage of an increasingly smaller physical market.
They won't make an add on drive for that. They'll cut it loose and move on. Retail is already moving on.
They won't make an add on drive for that. They'll cut it loose and move on. Retail is already moving on.
All you have to do is go to https://www.doesitplay.org/ and look and you will see that the vast, vast majority of physical PS4/5 and Switch games are fully playable offline. The site doesn't track Xbox games due to the fact, I believe, that you have to be online to even set up an Xbox these days.
Yup, and now it makes sense why the Series X entries are low.
