| Chris Hu said: Removing the Blu Ray drive doesn't make a lot of finacial sense since it adds $50 dollars to the console at most removing it wouldn't net much of a saving both to the consumer and MS. Also the X1 is marketed as a multi media device so a Blu Ray drive is pretty much vital until Blu Rays become obsolete. Also the majorit of consumers still don't have fast enough internet (plus a lot of them have data caps) so a drive less cosole still isn't very appealing to the majority of consumers. |
This does not prevent Microsoft from doing a package without it while keeping the basic model with it. If you don't have a fast enough internet connection or do not already own a Blu Ray you'll only have to buy the basic model. But if you already own a bluray player you may plug it to the Xbox One through the hdmi in and still use it as a media center.
Even if microsoft only save $30 -$35 from removing the Blu Ray. They will produce digital download only version of the Xbox One so basicaly they will obtain what they wanted before the 180 with those bundle which will eventually result by an increase of revenue on those bundles compare to the basic one on average. Microsoft may well want to take a greater loss on those in order to push them more than the basic bundle. So the $30-$35 saved on the Blu Ray may result in a $80 - $120 cheaper package for us.
