A rumor indicates that on April 16 Microsoft could present the Xbox without a UHD Blu-ray player and the Game Pass Ultimate service

Entertainment in physical format, has for many, but not for all, its days numbered and a good part of that dark future is due to the efforts that companies are making. Microsoft is one of the companies that is betting most heavily on the digital format and for a future with game streaming (with Project xCloud) and the first step is the expected Xbox without UHD Blu-ray drive.

Online gambling has advantages, but also problems. What happens if you go to a place where the connection is not good or simply does not exist? What if I only use it for games without network mode? Questions that are difficult to answer right now, which is why Microsoft's proposals are striking.Perhaps very early in time, perhaps a touchstone to check the market's reaction.

New Xbox?

And the latest indications suggest that on April 16 we could witness the arrival of the Xbox without a UHD Blu-ray player , coinciding with a new episode of Inside Xbox. This is at least what Tom Warren, from The Verge, thinks, because according to himself, the new Microsoft console would be presented at this event.

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This console would be positioned as the entry Xbox The elimination of part of the hardware that mounts would cause a drop in price and in fact it is rumored that one could cost 100 dollars. There is little data about it. For now it has been rumored that it would mount a 1 TB HDD hard drive that would also include digital versions of 3 games: Forza Horizon 3, Sea of ​​Thieves and Minecraft."

Game Pass Ultimate

A console that would not arrive alone, because in parallel we would attend the launch of the new subscription system Game Pass Ultimate , the new proposal that brings together traditional Xbox Live and the Xbox Game Pass service in a single subscription. A program that, according to WlakingCat on Twitter, would cost $14.99 per month.

Therefore, Microsoft's future in its commitment to digital may be closer than we expect We will have to wait for the April 16, to next Tuesday, to find out more details in an event that will be broadcast from the Xbox profile on YouTube.

Via | OneWindows Font | Tom Warren on Twitter