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Microsoft to Release an XBox Without a Disc Drive

posted by martyb on Tuesday April 30 2019, @08:23PM   
from the It-plays-for-sure-dept dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Microsoft is gearing up to release the next version of the XBox with the key feature of the latest release is that the new XBox won't have a disc drive. While this may reduce the cost of each unit for Microsoft some buyers may regret the absence of the disc player given that many homes no longer have a standalone disc player relying on the games console for playing DVDs.

Perhaps this is a gift from Microsoft to Netflix introducing a new raft of customers looking for online content delivery.

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Original Submission

• Is that a given? Is that a given? (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 30 2019, @09:58PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 30 2019, @09:58PM (#836900)

  given that many homes no longer have a standalone disc player relying on the games console for playing DVDs.

  Is that true, or is that how it is at YOUR house, so therefore it must be true everywhere?

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• Re:Is that a given? (Score: 2) by Pino P on Wednesday May 01 2019, @01:36PM

  by Pino P (4721) on Wednesday May 01 2019, @01:36PM (#837240) Journal

  Emphasis added:

  given that many homes no longer have a standalone disc player

  Is that true, or is that how it is at YOUR house, so therefore it must be true everywhere?

  The claim wasn't "all homes"; it was "many homes". Your use of "everywhere" mischaracterizes it.

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