Microsoft is cooking up its next-generation Xbox console, with industry analyst Mat Piscatella saying that it'll be all-digital and that Microsoft will walk away from physical copies of next-gen Xbox games.
This isn't too much of a surprise, where earlier this year we reported that Microsoft had huge Xbox layoffs as the industry was moving (full steam ahead) into an all-digital gaming world. In a new post on X, Piscatella said that Xbox gamers should expect to see physical games leaving shelves sooner, rather than later.
Popular Now: Xbox Series X can now run PS5 games thanks to a new emulatorPiscatella expects Sony and Nintendo to do something similar, but it will be a couple of generations from now. Piscatella said PlayStation should go full digital with the PlayStation 7 (so expect physical PlayStation 6 games) while Nintendo will be another two generations of physical games before moving to all-digital with the Switch (or whatever comes after the Switch 2 or Super Switch, whatever Nintendo ends up calling its next-gen platform).
In his post on X, Piscatella said: "Folks should probably just get used to this (no physical Xbox versions) across the market sooner rather than later". In a follow-up post, Piscatella replied to "Falcon" on X, who said: "It already happened in other market. No retail copies of Xbox games here in Brazil. Nintendo and PlayStation still sell them, though". Piscatella replied: "Yep, give PS another gen, Nintendo another 2".
