Playstation Tablet 1,725 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 https://www.resetera.com/threads/brad-sams-thurott-xbox-maverick-is-the-canary-in-the-coal-mine.99199/ XBox Maverick is the discless One model, they will decide if they go discless based on the reaction to this. Dynamite time to damage control. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jehurey 3,230 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 We have been hearing way too many rumors on this. Its getting harder and harder to dismiss it. They're going to use "everybody loves Game Pass, so we figure we'd just have no disc!" as a pathetic excuse. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,676 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 6 minutes ago, Team 2019 said: https://www.resetera.com/threads/brad-sams-thurott-xbox-maverick-is-the-canary-in-the-coal-mine.99199/ XBox Maverick is the discless One model, they will decide if they go discless based on the reaction to this. Dynamite time to damage control. Saves on costs which can be put elsewhere. More compact and efficient cooling console. No spinning or moving parts (possibly the HDD (could be SSD with extra savings)) which means quieter operation, and less prone to failure. Each year digital sales are growing exponentially.. Retail stores focusing on physical games are a dying thing of the past..Gamestop is going under.. MS is more focused on subscription models which the industry is definitely adopting at a fast rate. It's time. You don't have good internet? They have a console for that... it's called the Xbox One. Let's go MS Aza, your days are numbered Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goukosan 2,255 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 DynamiteCop - Well Xbox already sells a billion units of software digitally, so by that metric it only makes sense to maximize digital adoption and take the lead and a bold step of a disc-less console for next gen lag less, 0 latency, ultra HDR 4K streaming. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Goukosan 2,255 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Remij_ said: Saves on costs which can be put elsewhere. More compact and efficient cooling console. No spinning or moving parts (possibly the HDD (could be SSD with extra savings)) which means quieter operation, and less prone to failure. Each year digital sales are growing exponentially.. Retail stores focusing on physical games are a dying thing of the past..Gamestop is going under.. MS is more focused on subscription models which the industry is definitely adopting at a fast rate. It's time. You don't have good internet? They have a console for that... it's called the Xbox One. Let's go MS Zero software retail presence Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,676 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, Goukosan said: Zero software retail presence Selling digital codes in plastic cases.. there's your presence Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,725 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 11 minutes ago, jehurey said: We have been hearing way too many rumors on this. Its getting harder and harder to dismiss it. They're going to use "everybody loves Game Pass, so we figure we'd just have no disc!" as a pathetic excuse. Gamepass for 1 dollah! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,725 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, Remij_ said: Selling digital codes in plastic cases.. there's your presence What a slap in the face. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,676 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Just now, Team 2019 said: Gamepass for 1 dollah! MS has the money to lose to push their agenda of subscriptions and digital distribution which ties into their most successful business.. the cloud. This shit is NOTHING for them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,725 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 It's going to be hilarious to see disc BC get fucked over. Going to have some ghetto digital store trade in at best. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,725 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Remij_ said: MS has the money to lose to push their agenda of subscriptions and digital distribution which ties into their most successful business.. the cloud. This shit is NOTHING for them. I said this exact same thing in the last thread that hinted next Xbox would be digital only. Dynamite said it won't happen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jehurey 3,230 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Just now, Team 2019 said: It's going to be hilarious to see disc BC get fucked over. Going to have some ghetto digital store trade in at best. Just visit the Windows store at your local mall to trade in your used Xbox/X360 and Xbox One discs! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,676 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Just now, Team 2019 said: I said this exact same thing in the last thread that hinted next Xbox would be digital only. Dynamite said it won't happen. It likely wont happen for the next one. They'll likely have a disc-less version which is slightly cheaper.. but they'll still have a physical drive in the main box. The gen after that... yea, it's gone completely. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,676 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Just now, jehurey said: Just visit the Windows store at your local mall to trade in your used Xbox/X360 and Xbox One discs! Or maybe just register them to your account... then they are useless on anything but the original hardware.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,725 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Remij_ said: It likely wont happen for the next one. They'll likely have a disc-less version which is slightly cheaper.. but they'll still have a physical drive in the main box. The gen after that... yea, it's gone completely. Makes zero sense. The cheaper leading model will be based on codes but the lesser selling one will have discs. Doesn't add up business sensewise Edited February 12, 2019 by Team 2019 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Remij 4,676 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 1 minute ago, Team 2019 said: Makes zero sense. The cheaper leading model will be based on codes but the lesser selling one will have discs. You think the disc-less version would sell more? Then maybe they are on to something? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Playstation Tablet 1,725 Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 Just now, Remij_ said: You think the disc-less version would sell more? Then maybe they are on to something? The discless model will be the cheapest. Actually if there is a discless model as a cheapest one, there won't even a model with a disc period. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jehurey 3,230 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 2 minutes ago, Remij_ said: Or maybe just register them to your account... then they are useless on anything but the original hardware.. What unique code or verification method would be "registered" online to Microsoft? Unless you are saying that they have to do the registration with another piece of Xbox hardware that has the disc drive and can verify it as an authentic disc copy. Let's say you're a lapsed former X360 owner, never touched an Xbox One (which is very common), and now want to buy a discless console. How would they go about transferring their game discs digitally? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jehurey 3,230 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Aza is right, if the "mainstream" model is the discless one, then the $500-$600 ultra, renders everything at 4K model probably won't have a disc drive either. Because retailers are not going to devote shelf space for ONE version of an Xbox console, that isn't even the main console. Retailers will be pissed that the console went digital Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TLHBO 2,162 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 No shit, they've always wanted to do this. They weren't going to stop just because people said no. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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