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Many have suspected an all-digital future was coming, however Microsoft is taking actual steps to make it occur. The corporate has introduced the Xbox One S All-Digital Version, a brand new model of its console that can ship with no disc drive and rely solely on downloaded and streaming content material. It comes with free copies of Minecraft, Forza Horizon 3, Sea of Thieves, and The Xbox One S All Digital will hit retailer cabinets on Could 7 for $249.99.
When you're able to embrace the all-digital future with open arms, you is likely to be concerned with preordering the Xbox One S All-Digital Version. Here is the place you will get it and the way a lot it prices. (Observe: the hyperlinks aren't dwell but, however we'll replace as quickly as they're).
Microsoft guarantees that it's going to hold the All-Digital Version at $50 lower than a regular Xbox One S even throughout gross sales. Because it would not have a disc drive, you possibly can't use it to play Xbox One discs, or CDs, DVDs, Blu-rays, or 4K Blu-rays. As if to make up for that, Microsoft additionally introduced Xbox Recreation Move Final, an upcoming subscription that mixes Xbox Stay Gold and Xbox Recreation Move for $14.99 monthly. It launches "later this 12 months." Each subscriptions will nonetheless be accessible individually, and for those who've pre-paid for one, you can apply your steadiness to Xbox Recreation Move Final.
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