Little innovation hides the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition: inside it is traced to the Xbox One S
Yesterday we saw the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition come to life. It will arrive from May 8, in the case of Spain or May 7 in the United States at a price of 229.99 euros (249 dollars) and together with three games already loaded: Minecraft, Sea of Thieves and Forza Horizon 3.
Once the data was known, opinions for all kinds of people about a console that represents an important commitment to _online_ gaming and a setback for game lovers in format physical Consequences of eliminating the UHD Blu-ray reader and replacing it with the need to always be connected.And it is now when we are learning some additional details.
We knew that Microsoft had followed the law of least effort, at least in design. On the outside, the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition is almost identical to the Xbox One S. Only the absence of the bay to insert the UHD Blu-ray discs and the button to eject them betray that we are facing a new machine. The surprise comes when looking inside... since everything remains the same.
Yes, the Xbox One S All-Digital Edition dispenses with the drive unit to make it a fully digital console, but inside the rest is identicalPorts, connections and even the button to eject a Blu-ray from a now suppressed reader is still present, although now covered.
Microsoft what it has done, or so it seems, is use the same plate that mounts the Xbox One S and eliminate an addition as it is the reading unit. Nothing more. This means that in theory, a user with minimal knowledge could reconnect a physical disk drive to its corresponding port, since it is still present. It even arises if two hard drives could be used at the same time. And it is not known if Microsoft has added some type of blocking via _software_.
Of course, from a business and practical point of view, the move can be interesting. Not so much from the user's point of view If we stick with the price in euros, we will pay almost 230 euros for a crap machine with an architecture nailed to the Xbox One S that without offers, we can find for 249 euros with a game and a disc player.And perhaps, looking at it like this, the new machine will not be interesting for many users.
Source | WindowsCentral
