Microsoft has discontinued production of the Xbox One X and Xbox One S digital edition
It’s official! The days of the Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition consoles are numbered.
It’s official! The days of the Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition consoles are numbered.
First ‘leaked’ earlier in the week and even months before, the rumours are now official: Microsoft is rolling out a discless Xbox One console and a new tier of Game Pass for anyone who wants to centralise their subscriptions into one convenient setup.
According to reports, there’s a discless Xbox One S coming really, really soon. The rumour first gained traction when it was revealed by the perpetually reliable Thurrott in November last year. The rumour was given a second dose of validity when Windows Central corroborated those rumours last month, saying that it’d be called the “Xbox One S All-Digital Edition,” and would be available after a “near-global simultaneous launch” in early May.
Last November, rumours of a discless Xbox One surfaced, heralded by the perpetually reliable Thurrott. The system would be codenamed “Maverick,” to release some time this year. It would eschew the disc drive to reduce costs.
One of the more underrated features of that black box, backwards compatible games are still a treat to dive into, with the library of available titles growing every month. That collection just got three new entries: One is a shooter that happens to be glorious, the other is a game that feels simply laborious and the final entry on the list is notorious.
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You ever wish that you could step back into an age where games had no microtransactions attached to them, their experiences were strictly single-player and they happened to resemble a container of LEGO having a seizure? Well good news chaps! This month you can slap on the rosiest-tinted nostalgia goggles that you can find, as the Xbox One will soon be home to plenty of new old games.
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