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Xbox Continues Quietly Abandoning Physical Games

Summary by Kotaku
While Microsoft is publishing more games than ever before, fewer and fewer of them are getting physical editions on its home turf. Microsoft-owned Oblivion’sThe Outer Worlds 2 will get a standard disc option on PlayStation 5 but only a code in a box for Xbox Series X owners. It’s the latest example of a growing…Read more...

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Are physical versions of games becoming a thing of the past? This is the conclusion drawn by Xbox fans, who noticed something disturbing while analyzing sales offers. The latest productions are available on discs only in the PlayStation 5 variant - supporters of the competition can only buy a box with a digital activation code. The case is all the more frustrating because it concerns items created directly by studios belonging to Microsoft. Xbox…

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