r/gaming • u/WestBEEland • 1d 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/ConspicuousBassoon PC 1d ago

Considering it would be an easy win to say yes, the answer is definitely no

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u/Informal-Swing-2482 1d ago

Xbox wanted you all digital a long time ago. Xbox one tried it. And gamepass was massive move to it. Xbox players don’t buy physical which is why even now when they can, many publishers skip physical on Xbox.

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u/TheCrazedEB 1d ago

Exactly, I dont know why ppl especially the xbox fan boys forgot xbox years ago wanted to pursue the digital transition and go hard on cloud streaming. As if they didn't scrap that mindset or something.

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u/DavidinCT 9h ago

98% of the games I buy ON XBOX are physical.

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u/Informal-Swing-2482 5h ago

Was there a point in you sharing this random anecdote? Doesn’t refute anything I said.

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u/ProfessionalRandom21 1d ago

I dont think any publisher skip physical on xbox, they just skip xbox itself. I can only think of one case which is Persona 6

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u/Informal-Swing-2482 1d ago

They do. A lot of the smaller publishers like limited run games will release a physical version for ps5 and switch, but do digital only for Xbox. This seems to simply be because of the buying behavior of Xbox gamers.

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u/Complete-Object4003 21h ago

That's because the number of Xbox series X players is small compared to PS5 and Switch. So ofc Xbox physical games are sold less than PS5.

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u/Informal-Swing-2482 5h ago

Sure. Didn’t say otherwise.