This is the idea with gamepass. I imagine they will sell the next console at a loss to hook people with a gamepass subscription. A future xbox could be a tiny internet connected box that just streams and handles the peripherals.

10% were buying physical, versus 50% ps5.

They know their target. People who buy xbox don't want disks, overall

(I'm one of those, bought the series s for gamepass and digital downloads as i tend to just sell disks back to game stores since i was a kid. #povertylife

It is not easy considering the cost associated with logistics of selling physical games when no one buying.

However moving towards digital with no clear plan for how you can own a digital game for ever instead of subscription is not right.

I think legislators need to find a way to force companies to provide an alternative to subscription based model where an individual can buy, resell and share or transfer the games.

They're late to the party. Carl in the electronics section at Walmart hasn't unlocked the physical games glass case in 10 years, anyway.

With Ubisoft talking about getting gamers used to not owning our games...

I'm not too big of a fan of Ubisoft and not owning games but that whole thing was taken so much out of context. The full quote was just the guy explaining the kind of conditions that would be required for mass adoption of subscription services. That's all.

It wasn't even targeted at consumers, it was an article on a blog who's audience was for other developers.

Unfortunately, nowadays games are released in such a buggy state that you have to download a patch as soon as you get a physical copy of the game.

They've continuously had problems sourcing parts for optical drives, the Chinese stopped making them long ago.