A few days ago we were talking about the cancellation of Microsoft’s plan to launch the Xbox Series S Refresh, a cancellation that according to different sources could be motivated by an excess of Xbox Series S units on the market, therefore the launch of this new model would only further saturate the market. Although this model has been canceled, it appears that the Xbox Series X Refresh will hit the market.
The internal plans of Microsoft’s Xbox division provided for an intergenerational remodeling of the Series S and Series that it would l ack a physical disk drive
In early February, several media outlets claimed that some stores had stopped selling the Xbox with disc support due to low sales and users opting more for the digital model, in part because Microsoft also appears to be prioritizing it (this is cheaper than physical distribution). video games in store).
Video games in physical format can be resold If we’re not interested in keeping the game and recover part of the investment, which we cannot do if we buy it in digital format, but it seems that users do not have this idea in mind.
Xbox Series
According to the media Exuter, through a source specialized in everything related to the Xbox and the Bethesda and Activision Blizzard studios, it specifies that the renewal of the Xbox Series of June and July. Additionally, it will initially only be available in white, although this could change in the future.
As with the PS5 with and without a disc drive, the absence of this device would reduce the price and probably also its size. This same media indicates that the Xbox Series 50 and 100 dollars less than the original, a price that in the United States is 499 dollars while in Europe it reaches 549 dollars (although we can find offers on Amazon for just over 400 dollars).
As it is a design renovation that affects the interior, it is also expected interior improvements
Ps5 Pro without disk drive?
With the launch of the PS5 and Xbox Series S, we’ve seen how the future of consoles is focused solely on the digital format. The renewal of the Xbox Series By the end of this year, Sony is expected to present the PS5 Pro, a console that could also completely forget the physical format and hit the market only in digital format. Everything will depend on sales that the PS5 currently has in the two versions currently offered on the market,
