Xbox One coined as ‘disc-less’ console for some time, Spencer reveals
Speaking with OXM, Spencer revealed that the notion of a disc-less Xbox One console was on the table until the middle of last year, but was subsequently dropped following Microsoft’s reveal.
He added, “Obviously, after the announcement and E3, there was some feedback about what people wanted to change. 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.
“So we decided – which I think was the right decision – to go with the Blu-ray drive and give the people an easy way to install a lot of content. From some of those original thoughts, you saw a lot of us really focusing on the digital ecosystem you see on other devices – thinking of and building around that.”
Do you agree that discs are still the way to go for now, or would you like to see a purely digital machine at some point? Let us know below.
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970Posted:
CraigyyCreaturesHax I think it should all just be kept the same to be honest.
Yeah, some people don't have strong enough internet to download every game they own.
i know for sure it would take my connection probably a day to download a game
970Posted:
this makes it much better. games would take forever to download then after a while even with a big HDD you would run out of room
Martin_Luther_PingPosted:
Glad they didn't do this. Games take way too long to download digitally on average US connection.
AsboPosted:
Much rather have disc copy than a digital copy, i worry about the downloaded copy failing.
DPMPosted:
I'd go with disks over the digital copy If you know how to look after them then your better off getting the disk version.
DohPosted:
I would also prefer discs, than digital downloads too.
Seems like a good idea, in the short run for the long run people will get frustrated.
Seems like a good idea, in the short run for the long run people will get frustrated.
NahhPosted:
Dreams id still prefer to have discs as an option even if i dont use them its always nice to have that chice
Yeah same here. It wouldn't be the same as just a digital download.
CraigPosted:
CreaturesHaxxSTaTiCBLuEx A discless console is silly at this point in time. Most internet speeds are far from good and it would be ridicous. And furthermore then 500GB hard drive would hardly hold anything, especially since in reality I believe it is about 400GB maby less
Yeah, I see what you're saying..
Yeah HDD space would be a massive issue if this was to go ahead.
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