The long-rumored all-digital Xbox Series X has become a reality, launching this fall. The Xbox Series X will be white, cheaper and pack a 1TB SSD as Microsoft continues to turn a new page on physical gaming. The platform holder also announced updates to the existing console that will add additional colors and storage sizes.
announcement Today at the Xbox ShowcaseThe all-digital Xbox Series X will come in “Robot White” and sell for $450 instead of the previous model’s standard price of $500, which came with an optical drive to play game discs. Microsoft is also discontinuing the Carbon Black Series S that launched last year and replacing it with a white version that looks essentially the same as the original Series S, except it has a new 1TB SSD and costs $350.
Finally, the new Xbox Series X, which is coming out this year, will cost $600. For that hefty price, you still get the disc drive, but you also get 2TB of storage. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 It’s due to be released later this year and will also allow users to download other games. The special edition also features a speckled paint job that evokes a “silver, gray and green celestial effect” to represent the thousands of games and millions of gamers who play on Xbox, and the controller will match.
Despite rumors continuing to swirl about Microsoft’s evolving multi-platform approach, In games like Starfield Reportedly The tech giant insists it has no plans to give up on its own line of gaming consoles, though it’s being considered for inclusion in competing consoles like the PlayStation 5. In addition to these new SKUs, Microsoft has also promised it’s working on a new “next-gen” console to be announced in the future, which the company is touting as the biggest leap ever in console technology, with some speculating it may be leveraging generative AI to make this lofty claim a reality.
However, Microsoft hasn’t sold as many Xboxes as it hoped for with this console generation. While the PS5 is reportedly selling twice as much as the Xbox Series machines, the majority of the current generation’s install base seems to be the Series S, with many players already moving away from buying games physically. This, combined with the push for its Game Pass subscription service, has led to anecdotal reports such as the following: Little to no physical Xbox games section Stores such as Best Buy and Walmart, as well as first-party games Hellblade 2 There will be no physical release to keep the price down.
While that might make business sense for Microsoft, it’s a preservation nightmare for developers and fans. Luckily, hit games released digitally only, like Baldur’s Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2they’re still finding the time to finally ship out the physical copies of the Collector’s Edition.
