It’s not representative of where things are heading… and I’d bet a large amount of my salary Xbox is very aware of this and is going to put forward some kind of product to continue support for physical games beyond the Series X.
As others have said, Sony has handed them, and Nintendo, a massive free PR win by announcing they’re no longer supporting physical games beyond 2027.
Making a detachable disc drive for Project Helix shouldn’t be a massive mountain for them to scale, and will likely draw in many people like myself who haven’t really touched the XBOX brand in years.
Been (unfortunately) an IGN peruser for almost 20 years now. Their reviews and the numbers attached haven’t meant anything in a very long time. They’ve been open that politics play a role
Actually played the first Halo pre-release. We grew up in WA in an almost exclusively Microsoft employee neighborhood and yeah, the people a few houses down from us had an Xbox/Halo prior to it being available.
Also remember demoing it well prior to it’s release at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle although that was a different experience entirely.
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Re: Xbox Reportedly Makes Up Less Than 5% Of US Physical Sales In 2026
It’s not representative of where things are heading… and I’d bet a large amount of my salary Xbox is very aware of this and is going to put forward some kind of product to continue support for physical games beyond the Series X.
As others have said, Sony has handed them, and Nintendo, a massive free PR win by announcing they’re no longer supporting physical games beyond 2027.
Making a detachable disc drive for Project Helix shouldn’t be a massive mountain for them to scale, and will likely draw in many people like myself who haven’t really touched the XBOX brand in years.
Re: Fallout 76 Gets Free Xbox Series X|S Upgrade In September
Nice. I just bought a year of gamepass essential so I’m looking forward to playing this again 👍
Re: Talking Point: What Was The First Gears Of War Game You Ever Played?
Played the first pretty close to when it launched. I remember seeing the Mad World commercial and being pumped to get an Xbox 360.
Re: Roundup: Here's What The Critics Are Saying About Halo: Campaign Evolved
Been (unfortunately) an IGN peruser for almost 20 years now. Their reviews and the numbers attached haven’t meant anything in a very long time. They’ve been open that politics play a role
Re: Talking Point: What Was The First Halo Game You Ever Played?
Actually played the first Halo pre-release. We grew up in WA in an almost exclusively Microsoft employee neighborhood and yeah, the people a few houses down from us had an Xbox/Halo prior to it being available.
Also remember demoing it well prior to it’s release at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle although that was a different experience entirely.
Re: Longer Gamertags Are Now Available For Everyone, Plus 11 Other New Xbox Features
Honestly would just love a massive overhaul to achievements in general, although all of these are welcome too.
Re: Xbox Game Pass Reportedly Drops To 30M Subscribers, But Has 'Started To Grow Again'
I mean, I plan to cancel my PS+ subscription this week and re-sub to the gamepass essential tier one-year for $80.
I’ve basically used PS+ for nothing but Overwatch for the past year anyways and XBOX has a lot coming soon I know I’ll be playing.
Plus playing Elden Ring right now offline is a little lonely 😔
Re: Two More Xbox Games Are Being Cancelled, Including Perfect Dark
Not totally surprised by the MMO cancellation considering they already own ESO and WoW. Not to mention the genre’s been slowly declining for a while.
Bring WoW to Next-Box and give it a 2nd life!