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#1 Zinix

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Posted 02 January 2014 - 08:22 PM

 

One of the big questions in the run-up to the Xbox One's announcement was whether Microsoft would drop the disc drive. Back in March 2012, for instance, Epic's Tim Sweeney suggested that a disc-less Xbox One that runs all games on solid state media would have "a dramatic advantage", though he qualified that this is "a completely separate question" from how games are distributed.

Speaking to OXM in our latest issue, Microsoft Studios boss Phil Spencer has revealed that the idea of a "purely disc-less console" was considered as late as mid 2013, following a strong E3 showing for the manufacturer.

"Obviously, after the announcement and E3, there was some feedback about what people wanted to change," he explained. "There was a real discussion about whether we should have an optical disc drive in Xbox One or if we could get away with a purely disc-less console, but when you start looking at bandwidth and game size, it does create issues.

 

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Posted 02 January 2014 - 08:36 PM

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Posted 02 January 2014 - 08:37 PM

I remember when that was a rumor.



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Posted 02 January 2014 - 08:41 PM

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Because the last console that went digital-only sold like gangbusters.

 

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Posted 02 January 2014 - 08:56 PM

There's a reason why Nintendo had both eShop and disk versions of games.

 

That being said, this is coming. The Steamboxes won't need disk drives.


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Posted 02 January 2014 - 08:59 PM

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Posted 02 January 2014 - 09:02 PM

The day Xbox goes full digital is the day I go Playstation.



The day Xbox goes full digital is the day I go Playstation.



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Posted 02 January 2014 - 09:06 PM

TBH I only care to the extent that if I'm paying $60 per game I want to either be able to sell it for at least a partial refund or hold onto it forever. I don't have my crystal ball handy, but Microsoft has never had backwards compatibility in their consoles so I highly doubt their next console would let me play all of my XBOne games.


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Posted 03 January 2014 - 12:02 AM

Yeah, how about no. I want to buy the Xbax, but not if they do this. That's a shame, I wanted to continue the Halo series too. :/



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Posted 03 January 2014 - 12:14 AM

people are not ready yet for digital only consoles , as for me i prefer digital more than disks



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Posted 03 January 2014 - 02:30 AM

I'm a fan of digital, the problem I have is the tiny HD's that the consoles currently offer.

 

32GB and 500GB just isn't enough.



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Posted 03 January 2014 - 03:00 AM

I hate digital, it's a con. I only buy digital if the physical doesn't exist.

 

What's happens if you got Xbone and after one year you wanted to sell if with 10 games you bought? You would rage because you would need to format the hard drive before selling and lose all that money for the games.

 

I love the physical copy of the games inside their little box with beautiful box art and colour manuals if possible. You don't get any of that with digital, just a big chunk of space taken from your hard drive.



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Posted 03 January 2014 - 08:48 AM

Never mind the disk drive,should of not bothered with Kinect or the daft price they are trying to charge.
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Posted 03 January 2014 - 09:08 AM

That would have been terrible. I seriously would've skipped it.



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Posted 03 January 2014 - 11:53 AM

Well am not sure , should i get ps4 or xbox one

am an xbox fan but ps4 is cheaper so what do you think guys



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Posted 03 January 2014 - 01:41 PM

Well am not sure , should i get ps4 or xbox one

am an xbox fan but ps4 is cheaper so what do you think guys

 

I was a 360 fan and loved Forza and on Xbone would like to play Ryse but ask yourself this,do you want a system that costs a lot more than the PS4 and for the outlay is now where near as powerful. If it's going to be your only system then every single multiplat game is going to be better on PS4.

 

Also, adverts will appear on the front page of the dash given time & Kinect is $100 and your forced to buy it and let it gather all the info M$ want. 

 

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Posted 03 January 2014 - 02:16 PM

Optical discs (including Blu-ray) are only going to exist for a couple more years.  So yeah, Microsoft is thinking the right thing.


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Posted 04 January 2014 - 01:52 PM

Well am not sure , should i get ps4 or xbox one

am an xbox fan but ps4 is cheaper so what do you think guys

if you have the money, xbox one. 


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Posted 04 January 2014 - 01:58 PM

Optical discs (including Blu-ray) are only going to exist for a couple more years.  So yeah, Microsoft is thinking the right thing.

Same thing was said about records when CD's came out and CD's when MP3's came out and when Blu Ray came out was the death of the DVD. Formats stick around a long time after they been so called replaced. You can find records at Target still. CD's still here. Physical will be around for a good while because there is still a large enough demand.



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Posted 04 January 2014 - 02:07 PM

Same thing was said about records when CD's came out and CD's when MP3's came out and when Blu Ray came out was the death of the DVD. Formats stick around a long time after they been so called replaced. You can find records at Target still. CD's still here. Physical will be around for a good while because there is still a large enough demand.

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