This was something we expected to see at some point this year, but it seems like everything has been brought forward with a fairly early leak. The future Xbox Series It has been seen in some leaked photos that show the powerful Microsoft console in a mode without a disc reader that probably will not lower the price of the console and that, to the surprises of many, will not change the design of the current one too much.
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This was one of the hardware level secrets which was revealed in the documentation leaked by Microsoft about the roadmap that Xbox had drawn up for the coming years. This document pointed to a version of the Series This is a model that would allow those not interested in the physical format to reduce the budget and probably also save on space.
But contrary to the first image that was seen unofficially, it seems that this model will not be as small or as round as we imagined. At first we believed that the console would look for a quite striking cylindrical format, but it seems that the demands (not to say limitations) of the hardware require a minimum space that will leave the new console with dimensions very similar to the current one.
For now the measurements are unknown, but perhaps we would be talking about a couple of centimeters less in height, and apparently the same width. We won't be clear until we see both models posing together, so until now it's all speculation and intuition with the available images. Oh, in case you haven't noticed yet, the console will be white, thus maintaining the color scheme with Series S (the latest Series S with 1 TB capacity is black).
Is the physical format going to disappear?
This is something that has been talked about for a long time, and there are many who suggest that manufacturers are eager to make the disk format disappear to make more money with a much simpler and more automatic distribution. It could be that manufacturers make more money, but the interesting thing about all this is that most likely it will not be an imposed measure, but rather what the market dictates.
You just have to look at the PC as a platform to understand how the physical format works. Stores like Steam have revolutionized the sales of PC games, and today it is impossible to find a PC game in physical format. Releases like the Series
What is needed is greater ease when it comes to distributing games, allowing developers to publish more comfortably, obtain better benefits and, ultimately, take care of the environment of developers who are the ones who are ultimately in charge of bringing material to the game. the stores. Phil Spencer already dropped that he would like to see more stores on Xbox like Steam and other variants, so this can only be great news for gamers, who will be able to enjoy a more open market with better prices.
Source: exuter