(to the above poster, when two consoles have 99.5% the same libraries it's silly to say one is useless, and personally I prefer Mass Effect. But that kinda topic has been discussed plenty)
This is where the future is headed, we all know it whether we dig it or not. So, assuming this is true for the next Xbox...
Well, I'll most likely still get it. But, I will say if games still go for $60 dollars new on their download platform, I will not go for it. 50 bucks, yeah I'll go for it. They're cutting out so many costs, and they've got legions of people paying for Xbox live gold anyway.
When this does become the norm for all consoles, whether ten years from now or what, it'll kill game rental, used games, retailers... it's crazy. But, well, pretty much unavoidable, and well... good for the planet, on some scale, so yeah.
Pretty much just means Amazon gets less of my money. But if Microsoft doesn't give me some of those savings they're getting cutting out middlemen, well no thanks.
Also, as for whether it's true... well, for games like Mass Effect 3 swapping 2 discs often for open world games is a mild hassle. So either upping to blu-ray (money in Sony's pocket) or going download/install only seem like the only options for next gen.
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