After observing Microsoft’s strategies for its Xbox division in many aspects in recent years, it is not difficult for players to see the company’s investment in the digital game market, and there are even signs that it plans to gradually abandon the physical game market. Whether it is the active development of cloud games or the Xbox Game Pass platform, Microsoft has shown that they truly believe that the future of the gaming industry will move towards a more comprehensive digitalization, even though Xbox games will still be released that require the use of discs to install and play. Physical version. However, the latest leak of a brand new modified console has made players worry that Microsoft seems to be really planning to gradually abandon the physical game market.
In the last game generation, Microsoft showed its active pursuit of the pure digital game market on the Xbox One console, and launched an affordable version of the next-generation console Xbox Series S that does not include a disc drive in this generation. According to a According to a court document that unexpectedly leaked last week, Microsoft seems to be planning a purely digital version of the Xbox Series digital game and is expected to be officially launched in October this year, taking another step towards the all-digital vision.
But unfortunately, not all players are as happy as Microsoft to see the console game market move towards comprehensive digitization. Even though Microsoft has not officially announced this new revamped console, fans who have seen the relevant news have begun to worry that this may announce the decline of Xbox physical games and seriously affect the preservation of games in the future.And when a player on Xbox Reddit forum discussion boardAfter sharing their concerns about related issues online, many fans also began to share their pros and cons of going fully digital.
One of the most common opinions is that forcing all users to use a single digital platform is not a good idea. Although PC games officially went fully digital many years ago, players can choose from many different mall platforms and even purchase game keys on various third-party websites. If Xbox goes fully digital , which means that players can only purchase from the console’s built-in mall. Some players who prefer to collect physical games believe that digital games lack the experience of truly owning a game, and cannot be installed without an Internet connection.
Even so, there are many players who don’t care at all that physical games are completely extinct. After all, digital game sales have gradually begun to account for the majority of total sales in recent years. In any case, it may have become a matter of time for console games to become fully digital, and Xbox will take another step towards this vision with this new console. Whether PlayStation and Nintendo will do something similar has yet to be determined.
