Microsoft can remove the optical drive from the next generation Xbox

For several years now, rumors have been circulating about Microsoft’s next-generation gaming console. A few months ago, it was reported that some major developers received console prototypes, even without any design, simply in the form of system units. It is difficult to judge how true this is, but now there is more and more information on the topic.

Now there is data (for the first time this information was published in mcvuk) that there will not be an optical disc drive in the next-generation gaming console. Instead, a combination of solid-state drives and SD cards will be used. Those. It is assumed either that gamers will buy and download games on the Web, or that digital copies of games will be delivered on memory cards.
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In general, now the scheme of distribution of digital content through Internet services is becoming increasingly popular, so the idea is quite logical. All this may be a problem for those who do not have very fast Internet, but, apparently, the problem will be solved in one way or another. And of course, there is still a problem in the form of backward compatibility of new games with the old platform. She probably will decide too.

Among other things, there is information that the new game console will have a game controller with a touchscreen (this was already news on Habré), as well as increased performance (according to some sources, increased six times). So far all this is only unconfirmed information, of course. Hopefully, in the foreseeable future, more official information about the configuration of the new console will still appear.

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