Talking Point: Will Any Next-Gen Xbox Have A Disc Drive?

Or will Microsoft go all-digital across the board?

So, the rumours about Microsoft's slate of next-gen systems seem to have slowed down a little bit lately, after we heard about three potential devices being in the works over at Xbox earlier this month. Skipping over that 2025 partner handheld for the moment and looking ahead to the two widely-reported 2027 systems - do you think either of them will support physical media?

Of course, if one of these 2027 consoles ends up being a handheld device, it's extremely unlikely that it'll support physical media of any kind. While consoles like the Nintendo Switch and older handhelds like PlayStation Vita worked with cartridges, Microsoft has never used this game delivery method - and we can't see them starting now. That's one device likely crossed off the disc drive list, then, but what about the Series X successor?

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