Disc-less 1TB white Xbox One coming?

SA is definitely not ready for discless consoles, so I doubt it would make it's way to our shores. I shudder to think about the future, having to download 100gb games in SA.
 
For all the uncapped adsl users,but the reports are that digital games will be taxed soon,hmm,which kinda sucks.
If anything happens to the hdd,you'll lose your games and have to download them again,whereas a disc you know you have it safe on your shelf.
 
KofDelight said:
For all the uncapped adsl users,but the reports are that digital games will be taxed soon,hmm,which kinda sucks.
If anything happens to the hdd,you'll lose your games and have to download them again,whereas a disc you know you have it safe on your shelf.
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Thats true that you have the disc as backup but games nowadays have such huge updates and patches that the update might be larger than the game itself rendering the disc useless.

If this were to come to SA, internet has to much more reliable, affordable and faster for an average user to take advantage of the disc-less xbox one.
 
brendanvb said:
SA is definitely not ready for discless consoles, so I doubt it would make it's way to our shores. I shudder to think about the future, having to download 100gb games in SA.
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We are not really their target market after all. Then again < insert devil > you can't really expect everyone to wait on our development, can you ?
 
if Microsoft had a feature as good as ps+ i would go for this option any day.
I've been gaming disk-less on my ps3 for about a year and half now.
 
It would be a difficult sell to the average Joe on the street. Someone that hasn't been exposed to a platform like Steam will find it difficult to adjust to disc-less gaming. For us that should not be a problem. We all hear have Steam, and I rarely buy PC games from a store on disc anymore.

I'm really glad they are flirting with this idea. I was a fan of it way back before their infamous 180. But now, they have to ensure that their packaging of games on Xbox live is so appealing that you wouldn't mind foregoing on your discs.
 
DieGrootHammer said:
It would be a difficult sell to the average Joe on the street. Someone that hasn't been exposed to a platform like Steam will find it difficult to adjust to disc-less gaming. For us that should not be a problem. We all hear have Steam, and I rarely buy PC games from a store on disc anymore.

I'm really glad they are flirting with this idea. I was a fan of it way back before their infamous 180. But now, they have to ensure that their packaging of games on Xbox live is so appealing that you wouldn't mind foregoing on your discs.
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And those same average joe finds it hard to use Itunes, Netflix or alike?
 
blaaislaai said:
SA will probably only see this console in 2015/2016
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Ya well hell if the X box is only going to be released in October over here we will wait a long time, not that it matters because we don't have the infrastructure to support a disc less console...
 
Forgive my ignorance, but is the only way to get an update on a console through the console's internet itself? You can't download it to a PC and then transfer it over the network or on a USB?
 
addam said:
Forgive my ignorance, but is the only way to get an update on a console through the console's internet itself? You can't download it to a PC and then transfer it over the network or on a USB?
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I know you can update via usb on ps4.
 
Well then, if you can do the same thing with Xbox, perhaps internet cafés or gaming/technology shops could keep game update files, and people with discless consoles could just pop in there with a flash drive and get the update :)
 
addam said:
Well then, if you can do the same thing with Xbox, perhaps internet cafés or gaming/technology shops could keep game update files, and people with discless consoles could just pop in there with a flash drive and get the update :)
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In an ideal world yes... But i know for a fact that with the standard X-Box One you HAVE to connect to the internet on day 1 and do a mandatory update... at the end of the day something we have to realize is that the gaming industry is not HEAVILY reliant on the internet, and the big guys dont give a rats ass about us 3rd world countries with our shitty internet connections...
 
But surely the main issue is downloading the huge game updates? I can't think people with Xbox's wouldn't have ANY internet, so I'm sure firmware updates are doable. And perhaps if the demand for more downloads and faster internet speeds increase, someone will finally fix the terrible internet we have in South Africa.
 
Mmm. That would be ideal. At home I have a measly 3G connection that's capped. At work, at work I get to play :)
 
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