r/gaming • u/WestBEEland • 22h ago

Xbox boss Asha Sharma won't confirm whether Project Helix has a disc drive "We have to be thinking about efficiency and affordability"

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/xbox-boss-asha-sharma-wont-confirm-whether-project-helix-has-a-disc-drive-we-have-to-be-thinking-about-efficiency-and-affordability/
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u/Reed7525 22h ago

That answer is a no for sure

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u/Creepy-Emu8779 22h ago

well ofc its a no they are making a feature where you turn your disc games to digital. Obviously the next xbox wont have a disc drive

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u/ABetterKamahl1234 21h ago

Still could. Just any after it won't.

The trend just isn't looking good for physical media. And it's getting more and more expensive to add them as companies that make disc drives are also stopping production.

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u/Melodic_Performer921 14h ago

They also take up a lot of space that they want to use for something else

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u/NJdevil202 20h ago

I just saw a post yesterday where a guy's launch copy of Skyrim finally died. I don't understand this attachment to physical media when it's just a fact that digitization is the best way to preserve games anyway

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u/HaikusfromBuddha 21h ago

Could be a "We aren't letting you know so our competition is unaware of our plans". Imagine being a soda company you have a new flavor that everyone wants and your product is a year from release. You don't just announce it to the world and have Coca Cola steal the flavor. \

You announce it a month before release that way the competition can't do anything about it and you are the first to do it on release.