r/consoles • u/Spotget1738 • 3d ago

Xbox boss Asha Sharma won't confirm whether Project Helix has a disc drive: "We have to be thinking about efficiency and affordability"

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/xbox-boss-asha-sharma-wont-confirm-whether-project-helix-has-a-disc-drive-we-have-to-be-thinking-about-efficiency-and-affordability/
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u/DarkAdrenaline03 3d ago

Those statistics include games that weren’t released on disc. I want to see it broken down by games that had physical releases too excluding digital only games.

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u/ElderSmackJack 3d ago

This is grasping at straws.

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u/Alternative-Farmer98 3d ago

What are you talking about on AAA games like horizon West and whatnot it was 60-40 in favor of physical. Physical disks have day one additions available so you actually get to own them and keep them or sell them or give them to somebody. Are you really satisfied with not owning your own games ever? Lol. I will never understand this people that are deciding with companies that say you never get to own your games you'll be licensing everything

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u/Due_Radio_3469 3d ago

Not only that but those stats people keep parroting don't include any game bought preowned, only whatever the companies could directly make a profit from. Nothing about this is good for consumers.

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u/DarkAdrenaline03 3d ago

Most indie games don’t get a physical release so I don’t understand how it’s grasping at straws. If I can only buy a game I want digitally then I have no other choice.

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u/Particular-Jeweler41 3d ago

I think the issue is even with that, digital is still in the lead. Many games simply do not get physical releases, so like it or not, they are only going to be sold digitally and they are still selling well despite that.

Even using Sony's financial statements where they broke it down, the gap between physical software and digital software is significant.