In the network appeared information about the plans of Microsoft to release the next new version of Xbox One without optical drive Blu-Ray. This was reported resource Thurrott, which is Thurrott Paul (Paul Thurrott), a well-known techno-journalist specializing in Microsoft products, citing sources “familiar with the plans of the company.”
We are not talking about the next generation of gaming consoles Microsoft Xbox family of Scarlett, which is expected at a later date. “Stripped down” Xbox One will be released in 2019, it is produced with the aim of reducing prices. At the moment the Xbox One in the Us costs $ 300 and the new version may get cheaper by $ 100 to about $ 200.
At the same time expected the program to run disc-to-digital (CD in the figure), which will allow users to exchange physical copies of games to digital versions in the shops-participants of the program.