I wonder why console companies are having such a hard time figuring out fucking write-protected USB drives?

it's almost like they're strategically stupid or something.

That would be too easy to not make more money from. The line must go up. Every used game you sell or trade is a tear rolling down the cheek of a shareholder. Don't make them sad they're just lil birthday boys

And no staff by the sounds of it

Ah yes and it shall be called the the X Box Series One

They already did:

• Xbox (1)
• Xbox 360 (=1)
• Xbox One

They are done with "one."

Now they're on:

• Xbox Series
• Xbox Plenty
• Xbox Loads

Xbox series of unfortunate events

Even if this wasn't the design from the get-go - they'd been wanting to do this since XOne, capitalising on Sony shooting themselves with bad press now let's them drop the disk drive and make themselves look like the good guys about it

I thought it was pretty clear that all future "XBOX's" are going to be basically the Windows version of a Steam Machine. Just a PC with "XBOX experience" mode a la "ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X". So it shouldn't be any surprise that there's no disc drive.

That’s basically Nintendo's Switch 2 authorization key. Game is digital download with a mandatory physical key for verification.

Functions the same, one key per registration. You can’t lend a game or resell if the console manufacturer decides the key has been used already.

They are killing the used game market like they have killed the DVD market. Everyone needs a subscription for all media and it can be removed and deleted from your account at any time. See recent Sony removal of 500 movies from people’s libraries.