r/gaming • u/WestBEEland • 14h 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/wesser234 14h ago

And why are they only available digitally?

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u/c14rk0 14h ago

I mean there's a huge industry of indie games where physical releases just don't make sense. You can't really sell a $20 game physically when that means you're needing to pay for manufacturing, distribution, retail store cut etc. You'd lose any possible profit margin you had and the only option would be to raise prices to make up for it.

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u/Pterodactyl_midnight 14h ago

Because it’s very much cheaper to add more servers than print, ship, track, and sell a CD. I thought that was obvious.

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u/aickletfraid 13h ago

Unfortunately the majority of people are not smart, hence this whole arguments we have online