Microsoft releasing “discless” Xbox free and disc to digital in 2019

[Why-Fi]

They going for the kill shot on Gamestop

came to post this...RIP

 

[goatmane]

Also i will never fukk with Digital Games unless they are PC or less than $20

too many stories like this out there. PS and Microsoft don't have the customer service of Steam to guarantee me my games.

I lost my Xbox Live account with all of my digital downloads on it about four months ago. It was a perfect storm of 5-year-old button smashing and an identity theft issue that caused me to change my phone number in less than an hour. I didn’t even know my account was locked when I changed my phone number. Without my old phone number, I can’t reset my password. According to my carrier, my phone number was given to a GPS device that doesn’t receive calls or texts. I’ve spent hours upon hours on the phone with Microsoft and Xbox, and they won’t help me. I now have 83 digital games that cannot be played. I’ve lost about $4,000 and five years of game progress because of an accident. Xbox Support’s solution is to try three passwords every day until I guess the right one. Ridiculous. I wonder how many other people this has happened to.

 

[Koba St]

The announcement is a huge blow to PlayStation fans who have been looking forward to the upcoming games. Especially since the company cancelled its PlayStation Experience event that usually happens in December earlier this year, the decision to not attend E3 next year is certainly quite interesting. It’s possible Sony will hold another event next year, though the company said it won’t hold a press conference around the same time as E3.


Sony gettting too confident.

someone needs to remind them how the 360 whipped their azz

What the fukk has this got to do with Sony?

And the PS3 actually ended up selling more than the 360 despite debuting a year later and selling for $600

 

[Rekkapryde]

 

[Trapperman Dave]

It says they are gonna offer a trade in program to convert discs into digital copies.

That’s a start but if they can find a good middle ground for digital versions then this is a win all day.

 

[Trapperman Dave]

interesting. they're probably gonna use this to test the waters and see how people react to a disc-less console

The disc don’t even spin anymore lol, but it’s just the option of being able to trade em or sell it to someone else

 

[ROBEEZYKILLA]

damn thats crazy

 

[The_Unchosen_One]

They should be going for the kill shot on Sony.
MS hustlin backwards again.

You can't kill what you can't touch in sales

 

[Regular_P]

Wonder how big the hard drive is gonna be in this. The disc to download promo is nice for this.

 

[Hey_zeus]

Digital sales on console are trash. Returns and gifting needs to be easier. All of those are barriers for me. Not including the game sizes. Holding on to physical as long as possible.

 

[Liquid]

Digital sales on console are trash. Returns and gifting needs to be easier. All of those are barriers for me. Not including the game sizes. Holding on to physical as long as possible.

The game sizes argument is dead. These consoles are stripped down PC’s and everything installs

 

[DPresidential]

I could not buy a fukking disc ever again.

Imagine having to look through a cd case or a drawer with disc covers to find the game you want to play.


Imagine nikkas waiting in the lobby for y'all to bang out on some squad shyt and you say, into the mic, "aye, brehs, hold up a sec, let me find the disc."
















MY BAD Y'all. Just....*rustling through discs*...just... OH WAIT, I got it!!!

Send that muh fukkin' invite!!!"










*Opens case - different game*




""Y'all just play a couple without me..."






FOH

 

[TheNatureBoy]

I definitely don't see next-gen being disc-less only, but Sony/Microsoft having a cheaper option for those who don't want a disc.

Internet is still too bad in some areas, and there are gamers who want options, collecting, trading, etc.

I have a mixture of digital/physical, typically only buying digital when PSN has a really good sale or for smaller indie titles. Whenever the major publishers decide to offer digital new at a lower price than physical though

 

[Hey_zeus]

The game sizes argument is dead. These consoles are stripped down PC’s and everything installs

nikkas got data caps.

 

[Kamikaze Revy]

I could not buy a fukking disc ever again.

Imagine having to look through a cd case or a drawer with disc covers to find the game you want to play.


Imagine nikkas waiting in the lobby for y'all to bang out on some squad shyt and you say, into the mic, "aye, brehs, hold up a sec, let me find the disc."
















MY BAD Y'all. Just....*rustling through discs*...just... OH WAIT, I got it!!!

Send that muh fukkin' invite!!!"










*Opens case - different game*




""Y'all just play a couple without me..."






FOH

Who the hell do you play with? 12 year olds?
I have a huge physical collection and none of that has ever happened to me.
Ya'll really out here putting games in other cases and leaving them face up on the dresser or something?